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Photo	Airfield Date	Sqdn	Type	No	Accident	Crew
	Ossington 30 August 1943	51	Halifax	HR782 MH:V	Halifax II Series I HR782/MH:V of No 51 Squadron at 30 August 1943 at Ossington base. Following repair the aircraft was finally lost at a later date—in this case after 168 hours' total flying time on the Leipzig raid of 3/4 December 1943.
	Leeming January 1942	10	Halifax	L9621 ZA:P	Halifax, L9621/ZA:P of No 10 Squadron at Leeming in January 1942. An aircraft that was retired from operations only to be wrecked in a bad-weather landing accident at Croft in the following spring.
	18 December 1941	35	Halifax	V9978 TL:A	Halifax, V9978/ TL:A of No 35 Squadron over Brest harbour on 18 December 1941... Wing Commander decided to ditch in the sea. This was accomplished successfully some 60 miles from England and all members of the crew were rescued.
	Vejle 21 April 1943	15	Stirling	BF476 LS:P	Stirling BF476/LS:P of No 15 Squadron on 20/21 April 1943 after crash-landing near Vejle in North Jutland. Flt Lt С. Р. Lyons and crew set fire to the aircraft.
	Newmarket 27 April 1943	75	Stirling	BF517 AA:O	Stirling BF517/AA:O of No 75 Squadron on 27 April 1943 at Newmarket. The rear gunner, Sgt B.A. Rogers, was mortally wounded and two other crew members suffered minor wounds. A crash-landing being made at Newmarket without further injury to the airmen.	KIA B.A. Rogers
Photo	Airfield Date	Sqdn	Type	No	Accident	Crew
	Marham 1 June 1943	105	Mosquito	DZ467 GB:P	Mosquiuto DZ467/ GB:P, flown by P Off Massie, was the only No 105 Squadron aircraft failing to return. Two other aircraft, one from each squadron, crashed on return, one while trying to land at Coltishall and the other at home base. Both crews were killed.	KIA P Off Massie
	Tortorella	37	Wellington	MF139:K	Wellington MF139:K of No 37 Squadron, at Tortorella. The trusty 'Wimpy' still soldiered on with night bombing operations in the Mediterranean area, this one failing to return from Brod Bosanski on 15 July 1944.
	Normandy 31 June 1944	75	Lancaster	ND917	Lancaster ND917 of No 75 Squadron on one of the Advanced Landing Grounds on the Normandy beach-head on 31 June 1944. This was the first RAF 'heavy' to make use of one of these small strips. ND917 was one of four Lancasters lost during a daylight raid on Solingen on 4 November 1944.
	Binbrook 21 April 1944	460	Lancaster	W4783 AR:G	Lancaster W4783/AR:G of No 460 RAAF Squadron after completion of the 90th trip on 20/21 April 1944. the authorities decided to retire the veteran and present it to the Australian War Museum. Posing for the camera is Fg Off J. A. Critchley's crew, who flew the aircraft on its final trip.
	Elvington winter 1943		Halifax	LL126	An engine test on Halifax, LL126 on a cold winter's day. LL126 was passed to the French squadrons formed at Elvington and later retired to No 1662 HCU. It was with this last unit that it met its end, diving into the ground near Long Ashton during a night navigation exercise. The seven members of the Polish crew were all killed.

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