RAF owned, RCAF operated, R1000 to W9999

RAF owned, RCAF operated, R1000 to W9999

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RAF Owned, RCAF Operated
Serial Numbers R1000 to W9999

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R
1605
Vickers
Vickers, Chester
Wellington
IC/XVI
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF, as a Mk. IC.  Later
converted to Mk. XVI.

R
2274
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF / V
 
With No. 406 (NF) Sqaudron,
RCAF.  Converted to Mk. V after
delivery.

R
2276
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 406 (NF) Sqaudron,
RCAF.

R
2283
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2331
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2336
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941.  Scored this
unit’s first kill – a Ju 88 over Bedlington on the night of 1/2 September
1941, flown by F/O R. C. Fumerton and Sgt. L. P. S. Bing.  Operating out of Acklington,
Northumberland, several days before the squadron was declared operational.

R
2338
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2386
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2402
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2404
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2461
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2466
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2478
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
2479
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 406 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941. 

R
4171
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Operated by No. 1 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from Northolt, Middlesex, UK. 
Coded “YO*L”.  One of
ten aircraft that took part in the squadron’s first engagement of the Battle of
Britain, on 26 August 1940.  Shot down
5 days later while attacking Do 17’s, pilot baled out unhurt near West
Malling.

R
6611
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 27 May 1941.  Coded “KH*T”.  Category C damage in a flying accident on 2
July 1941, still with this unit.

R
6890
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I / V
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 12 September
1941.  Coded “KH*H”.  Category AC damage in a flying accident on
13 March 1942, still with this unit, repaired on site.  Later converted to Mk. V.  Used by No. 444 Squadron, RCAF, as a Mk. V,
from 27 February 1944.

R
6897
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I / V
 
Delivered to 6 MU on 7 July
1940, fitted with cannon wing. 
Converted to Mk. V on 23 February 1941.   Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF,
from 20 November 1942, coded “DB*Z”.  Still with this unit on 28 January 1943,
when it was destroyed in mid-air with AB847, over Alby, Lincolnshire.

R
6984
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 28 May to August
1941.  Coded “KH*F”.

R
7058
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Named “R.J.
Mitchell”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 28 May to July
1941.  Coded “KH*O”.

R
7064
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. IA
 
Named
“Mercury”.  Reported with No.
411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer of 1941, by several sources, but not confirmed
by RAF movement card.

R
7065
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Named
“Chelmsford”.  Used by No.
403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 10 June
to August 1941.  Coded
“KH*X”.

R
7066
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Named
“Galleywood”.  Used by No.
403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 10 June
1941.  Coded “KH*G”.

R
7068
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Named
“Worthing”.  Used by No. 403
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 10 June
1941.  Coded “KH*G”.

R
7126
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I / V
 
Named “Villae de
Poole”.  With No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, as a Mk. V, from 22 June 1941.

R
7127
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. IA / Va
 
Named “Turris Jehova
Fortissmo”.  Served with No. 411
(F) Squadron, RCAF, from 7 July 1941. 
Later converted to Mk. Va.

R
7129
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Named “Secundus du
Busque Rectus”.  Used by No. 403
(F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 May 1941. 
Coded “KH*A”.

R
7140
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 28 May 1941.  Coded “KH*D”.  Category B damage in a flying accident on 3
June 1941, still with this unit.

R
7150
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I
 
With No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 28 May to August 1941.

R
7158
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I / Vb
 
Named
“Cheshire”.  Converted to Mk.
Vb on 15 April 1941.  With No. 402
Squadron, RCAF, from 14 March to May 1942. 
With No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 22 May 1943, then to No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, on 23 May 1943.

R
7159
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. IA
 
Named “Kamba
Meru”.  Served with No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 23 June 1941.

R
7162
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. IA
 
Named
“Toby”.  Served with No. 411
(F) Squadron, RCAF, from 22 June 1941. 
Category B damage in a flying accident on 21 July 1941, still with
this unit.

R
7194
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I / Va
 
Named “Bristol Civil
Defence”.  Converted to Mk. Va mid
1941.  With No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF,
from 24 May 1942.

R
7198
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. I / PR.IV
 
Named “Sherwood
Forester”.  With No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 7 July 1941. 
Later converted to PR.IV.

R
7220
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Bournemouth
II”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*F”.  Category B damage, on operations, on 26
October 1941.  Aircraft later passed to
USAAF, and to French AF post war.

R
7224
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.Vb
 
With No. 416 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 31 May 1942.  Category B
damage in a flying accident on 3 June 1942, sent to SAL for repairs.

R
7235
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB or C
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  mid 1941.  Coded “KH*C”.

R
7251
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Ia
 
To No. 411 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 22 June 1941.  Category B
damage in a flying accident on 3 July 1941, sent to Westlands for repairs.

R
7252
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Ia
 
With No. 411 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 22 June 1941.

R
7256
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.Va
 
With No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 4 August 1941.

R
7260
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB or C
 
Named “Bristol Air
Raid Warden”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*T”.  Crashed into the sea on 7 (or 19th?) August
1941, off Dover, after successful combat with Bf 109s of JG26.  Pilot P/O N.R.D. Dick rescued.  Also reported as part of Circus 81, coded
“KH*R” on 19 August 1941.

R
7265
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.V
 
Named “Grimsby
I”.  To No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF
on 23 August 1942.  Category E damage
in a flying accident on 24 August 1942, struck off 24 September 1942.  Had 179:00 airframe time when struck off.

R
7266
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB or C
 
Named “Jamshed Pur
Gulmari II”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August 1941
1941.  Coded “KH*J”.  Failed to return from evening mission on 9
August 1941.  Pilot P/O D.M. WalDon
killed.

R
7273
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB or C
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  mid 1941.  Coded “KH*L”.  Reported in Kostenuk and Griffin, not
confirmed by RAF movement card.

R
7279
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB or C
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*S”.  Failed to return from Circus 84 on 21
August 1941, lost in combat off Dunkirk. 
Sgt. C.E. McDonald taken prisoner. 
Had 118:55 airframe time when lost.

R
7301
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.Va
 
With No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 25 August 1941.

R
7308
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.V
 
Reported converted to
PR.VII in 1942, also reported with No. 400 (F) Squadron, RCAF in 1943.  This may be a typo.

R
7335
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.V
 
Named “The Kirby
II”.  With No. 401 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 27 November 1941 to December 1941. 
Later converted to PR.VII, then PR.XIII, before being struck off in
1944.

R
7336
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.V
 
Named “Hominis
Vis”.  To No. 401 (F) Squadron,
RCAF on 7 January 1942.  Assigned to
close escort on Circus 112, on 8 March 1942. 
Category B damage on operations 2 May 1942, repaired on site.  Had left this unit by August 1942.  Destroyed im mid-air with Martlet FN266 on
27 January 1943

R
7342
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.Va
 
To No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, on 4 August 1941.  Coded
“KH*K”.  Failed to return
from Circus 81 on 19 August 1941.  P/O
K. Anthony taken prisoner.

R
7343
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk.Va
 
Named “Hexham and
District”.   To No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, on 11 August 1941. 
Left this unit by November 1941.

R
8897
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft
Typhoon
Mk. IB
 
Operated by No. 439 (F)
Squadron, RCAF.  Coded
“5V*C”.

R
8926
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft
Typhoon
Mk. Ib
 
Operated by No. 429 (F)
Squadron, RCAF.  Coded
“5V*B”.

R
8971
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft
Typhoon
Mk. Ib
 
Operated by No. 429 (F)
Squadron, RCAF.  Flew into a hill near
Cummnock Scotland, killing the pilot F/O E.L. Dixon (J20973) of Toronto, on
20 February 1944.

R
8977
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft
Typhoon
Mk. Ib
 
Operated by No. 429 (F)
Squadron, RCAF.  Coded
“5V*D”.

R
9001
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
Used by No. 110 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.  Still with this unit when it became No. 400
(AC) Squadron, RCAF.

R
9003
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
With No. 400 (AC) Squadron,
RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.

R
9005
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
Used by No. 110 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.

R
9006
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
Used by No. 110 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.

R
9007
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
Used by No. 110 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.

R
9008
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
Used by No. 110 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.

R
9009
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
With No. 400 (AC) Squadron,
RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.

R
9113
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
Used by No. 110 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.

R
9119
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
With No. 400 (AC) Squadron,
RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.

R
9125
Westland
 
Lysander
Mk. III
 
With No. 400 (AC) Squadron,
RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.

T
1808
Bristol
Rootes Securities
Blenheim
Mk. IV
 
Used by No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “EE*N”.

T
1869
Bristol
Rootes Securities
Blenheim
Mk. IV
 
Used by No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “EE*O”.

T
1949
Bristol
Rootes Securities
Blenheim
Mk. IV
 
Used by No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “EE*D”.

T
1950
Bristol
Rootes Securities
Blenheim
Mk. IV
 
Used by No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “EE*C”.

T
3011
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3015
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 406 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3142
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 406 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3152
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3155
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*N”.

T
3159
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3196
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*U”.  May be a typo, this serial number never
issued.  Possibly T3169?

T
3365
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3387
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF.

T
3428
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Operated by No. 410 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942, from Scotland. 
Flew this unit’s first operational scramble, on 23 July 1941.

T
3430
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*K”.

T
3431
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*O”.

T
3436
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*J”.

T
3440
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*K”.

T
3937
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I
 
With No. 410 (NF) Sqaudron,
RCAF.

T
3994
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I /IIT
 
With No. 410 (NF) Sqaudron,
RCAF.  Later converted to Mk. IIT.

T
4036
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I /IIT
 
With No. 410 (NF) Sqaudron,
RCAF.  Later converted to Mk. IIT.

T
4120
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I /IIT
 
With No. 410 (NF) Sqaudron,
RCAF.  Later converted to Mk. IIT.

T
5468
de Havilland
 
Tiger Moth
 
 
Served with No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, as squadron hack and trainer, c.1942/1944.

V
1110
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk.I
 
Operated by No. 410 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942.  Coded
“RA*H”.  Later converted to
TT.III.

V
1123
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I
 
Operated by No. 410 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942, from Scotland. 
Coded “RA*R”.  Later
converted to TT.III.

V
1137
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I
 
With No. 410 (NF) Sqaudron
RCAF, when it struck trees and crashed on 8 December 1941, returning from
operations.  Pilot F/L R.L.F. Day
seriously injuried.  Gunner Sgt. J.J.
Townsend also injured, pulled pilot from wreckage, later awarded George
Medal.

V
1183
Boulton Paul
 
Defiant
Mk. I
 
Operated by No. 410 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942, from Scotland. 
Scored this unit’s first victory, a Ju-88 shot down over Whitby, on
6/7 September 1942.

V
5430
Bristol
Rootes Securities
Blenheim
Mk. IV
 
Used by No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “EE*V”.

V
5433
Bristol
Rootes Securities
Blenheim
Mk. IV
 
Used by No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “EE*F”.

V
6603
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, early 1941.  Coded
“YO*V”.

V
6605
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, early 1941.  Coded
“YO*N”.

V
6609
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “YO*X”. 
With B Flight at Castledown from November 1940.

V
6637
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF in 1941, coded “YO*D”.

V
6669
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 1 (F) Sqaudron,
RCAF, when it crash landed at High Halstow at 15:30 on 17 September
1940.  Oil system damaged in combat
with Bf109s, repaired.

V
6670
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Reported crashed and burned
near Romney, Kent on 11 September 1940, following combat with He 111s while
with No. 1 (F) Sqaudron, RCAF.  Pilot
survived.  Also reported with No. 401
(F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941.  Coded
“YO*Z”.

V
6671
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, early 1941.  Coded
“YO*K”.

V
6697
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, early 1941.  Coded
“YO*L”.  Later converted to
Sea Hurricane.

V
6698
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.

V
6749
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 1 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, when it force landed near Cookham on 25 September 1940.  Repairable.

V
6787
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.

READ  Canadian Forces CC-137 detailed list

V
7287
Hawker
 
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
Operated by No. 1 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from Northolt, Middlesex, UK. 
Coded “YO*F”.  One of
ten aircraft that took part in the squadron’s first engagement of the Battle of
Britain, on 26 August 1940.

V
7288
Hawker
 
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 1 (F) Squadron,
RCAF on 30 September 1940, when it was damaged in combat with Bf 109.  Nosed over on landing, repairable.  Later operated by No. 4011 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, early 1941.  Coded
“YO*W”.

V
7349
Hawker
 
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.  Later converted to Sea
Hurricane.

V
7498
Hawker
 
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.  Later converted to Sea
Hurricane.

V
7745
Hawker
 
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.  Later converted to Sea
Hurricane.

V
8131
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*T”.

V
8144
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*S”.

V
8152
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*W”.

V
8157
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*P”.  Crashed on 5 December 1942, following a
high speed stall while in a steep bank. 2 crew killed.

V
8168
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*B”.

V
8189
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*F”.

V
8191
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*C”.

V
8202
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*L”.

V
8203
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*H”.

V
8205
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*R”.

V
8212
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*Q”.

V
8214
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk. IIF
 
Served with No. 404 (CF)
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “EE*G”.

V
8454
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk.VIF
 
Served with No. 409 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF.  Shot down by flak over
Bayeaux on 16 April 1943.  Pilot taken
prisoner, RN observer wounded and taken prisoner.

V
8717
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk.VIF
 
Served with No. 409 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “KP*P”. 
Failed to return from Ranger mission over France on 18 April
1943.  Both crew killed.

V
8718
Bristol
 
Beaufighter
Mk.VIF
 
Served with No. 409 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF.  Failed to return from
Ranger mission over Lisieux and Vire, France on 17 / 18 April 1943.  Both crew killed.

V
9095
Lockheed
 
Hudson
Mk. III
 
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “RR*C” and / or “RR*G”.

V
9102
Lockheed
 
Hudson
 
 
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “RR*X” and / or “RR*W”.

W
1092
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*A”.

W
1094
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*B”.

W
1095
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*N”.

W
1096
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Named “Every Drop
Counts”.  Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*O”.

W
1097
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded “LQ*P”.  Crashed on landing from a training mission
on 12 July 1942, at Aberporth Airfield, Cardiganshire.  Run through a hedge while landing with one
engine out.

W
1109
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, from 31 July 1942.  Coded
“LQ*S”.  Lost on operation to
Dusseldorf on 1 August 1942, crashed near Vorst, Germany.  Operated from Pocklington for this mission.

W
1110
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*C”. 
Operated from Pocklington.  Shot
down by night fighter on 27 / 28 June 1942. 
Crashed into the sea 18 kilometres sout-southwest of Den Helder,
Holland.

W
1111
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*D”. 
Operated from Pocklington.  Lost
without a trace on operation to Essen, 8 / 9 June 1942.

W
1112
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*E”.

W
1113
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded “LQ*G”.  Shot down by Oblt R. Sigmond of II/NJG2, 29
/ 30 June 1942, on mission to Bremen. 
Crashed at Noordwolde, 16 kilometres SE of Heerenveen, Holland.

W
1145
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded “LQ*S”.  Abandoned after losing engine power, and
engine fire, over the UK, on mission to Emden on 6 / 7 June 1942.  Crew bailed out.  Crashed near Binbrook, Lincolnshire.

W
1152
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, when lost on 9 November 1942. 
Failed to return from anti-shipping strike on La Gironde harbour, 5
fatalities and 1 POW.  Believed to have
been brought down by flak..

W
1173
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*X”. 
Took part in raid on Stuttgart, night of 11/12 March 1943.

W
1175
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded “LQ*Q”.  Lost on mission to Bremen on 27 / 28 June
1942, believed to have crashed into the sea. 
No survivors.

W
1186
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded “LQ*P”.  Lost on mission to Hamburg on 26 / 27 July
1942.  Believed to have exploded in
flight near Stein, Germany, 10 kilometres SE of Stade.

W
1230
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*L”. 
Shot down over Hamburg on 27 July 1942, 1 survivor.

W
1235
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF.

W
1265
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF.  May be a typo, this
serial number not used.

W
1271
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF, coded “VR*P”. 
Operated by a crew from No. 428 Sdn. on 21 / 22 June 1943, when lost
on mission to Krefeld.  Crashed at De
Posthoorn, Holland, near Rucphen.  No
survivors.

W
1274
Handley Page
English Electric
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405 (B)
Squadron, RCAF.

W
3109
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Va
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  August 1941.

W
3114
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Va
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*R”.  Flew on Ramrod mission on 12 August 1941.

W
3127
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 27 September
1941.

W
3128
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 30 June
1943.  After leaving this squadron it
survived a mid-air on 18 April 1944, and was sold to Portugal in 1947.

W
3129
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 20 August
1943.  Category AC damage from a flying
accident on 15 April 1944, repaired on site. 
Still with this unit on 13 May 1944.

W
3131
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 27 September
1941.  Shot down by Bf 109 of JG26, off
Boulogne on 12 February 1942.  Pilot
Sgt. J.A.O. Levesque taken prisoner.

W
3170
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, c.1941 to 1943.  Coded
“KH*V”.  Not confirmed by RAF
movement card.

W
3177
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 16 April 1942.

W
3178
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. IIA
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 27 September
1941, on operations.  Coded
“YO*Q”.  Lost on Roadstead
mssion on 11 February 1942, shot down by flak off Dunkirk.  Pilot F/Sgt. W. D. Hagyard killed.

W
3207
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
LF Mk. Vb
 
Named “Abbotts Haugh
Falkirk Bairn”.  Used by No. 413
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 29 June 1943.

W
3207
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
 Mk. Vb
 
Named “Lincoln
Imp”.  Used by No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 10 March
1943.  Left this unit by 23 March 1943.

W
3209
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
 Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Edmonton-London-Alberta”. 
Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, 
from 20 August 1942.

W
3212
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Ghewdex”.  Used by No. 417
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 6 February
1942.  Category B damage in flying
accident on 10 February 1942, repaired on site.  Later converted to Seafire, re-registered
as NX883.

W
3215
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Named
“Marksman”.  Served with No.
411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 2 October 1941, coded “DB*C”.  Lost on Circus mission to Abbeville on 24
March 1942.  Claimed by JG26.  Pilot P/O J.W. Sills killed.

W
3226
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Some confusion in records,
may have served with No. 421, 412 and 416 Squadrons, RCAF.  May have been lost on 26 September 1943,
while with No. 416 Sdn.

W
3249
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Baltic Exchange
III”.  Used by No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 10 May 1944.

W
3250
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Central
Provinces and Berar II”.  Used by
No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 30
May 1944.  Category AC damage on
operations, 8 June 1944.

W
3313
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Nike”.  Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 5 December
1942.  To No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
12 December 1942.  With No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 23 March 1943. 
Left this unit by June 1943.

W
3318
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Named “Jewellery Watch
& Allied Trades FF”.  Used by
No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 20 September 1941 to October 1941.  Coded “KH*N”.  With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 25
September 1942.  Became instructional
airframe 3405M on 17 October 1942.

W
3324
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Newcastle on
Tyne II”.  Squadron history of No.
403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, shows this aircraft arriving on 5 May 1942, lost on
operations 2 June 1943, but some sources dispute this.

W
3332
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Hendon
Griffon”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Left this unit by November 1941.

W
3370
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 20 December
1942.  To No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
25 March 1943.  Left this unit by 26
April 1943.

W
3380
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  January and February
1942.  To No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
7 August 1943.  Left this unit by March
1944.

W
3406
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 425 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 22 November
1941.  Left this unit by February
1942..

W
3421
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, c.1941 to 1943.  Coded
“KH*F”.  Reported in Kostenuk
and Griffin, bu this serial number was allocated.  Maybe W3431?

W
3426
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 12 September 1941. 
Coded “KH*D”. 
Category AC damage on operations on 12 April 1942.

W
3431
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Kaapstad
III”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 31 December
1941.  Category AC damage in a flying
accident on 30 March 1942, repaired on site.

W
3432
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Cordell
Hull”.  Used by No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 22 to 26 April
1943.

W
3436
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Midland
Banker”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*X” on 12
August 1941, when it took part in Operation 77.  Left this unit by November 1941.

W
3438
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB or C
 
Named “Kaapstad
I”.  Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF,  from 4 August 1941.  Coded “KH*G”.  ON Operation 77 over France on 12 August
1941.  Used by S/L B. G. Morris to
score one confirmed and one probable, over France, on 19 August 1941.  Lost in fight with Bf 109s over Chocques,
France on 21 August 1941.  F/O D.J.
McKenna killed.

W
3439
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Kaapstad
IV”.  Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 12 March
1943.  To No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
3 June 1943.  Left this unit by 7 June
1943.  Later to USAAF.

W
3440
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Trengganu”.  Used by No. 401
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 8 December
1941.  Flew close escort on Circus 112b
on 8 March 1942.  Left this unit by
June 1942.

W
3441
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Alloway”.  Used by No. 417
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 24 April
1942.  Left this unit by June 1942.

W
3443
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Cape Town
I”.  Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron,
RCAF,  from 4 September 1943.  Category B damage in a flying accident on 3
October 1943.

W
3446
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August 1941. 
Coded “KH*V”.  Flew
Target Support on Operation 77 on 12 August 1941.  Left this unit by 29 August 1941.

W
3452
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Midnight
Sun”.  Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 1 October
1941.  Crashed and burned on 27 October
1941.  Damaged over France in combat
with Bf 109 of JG26.  Abandoned over
UK, with 25:00 airframe time.

W
3453
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “County Borough
of Reading”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*M”.  Flew target support on Operation 77 on 12
August 1941.  Left this unit by 23
August 1941.

W
3454
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Heston and
Isleworth”.  Used by No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 11 July
1943.  Flew on Ramrod 313 on 11
November 1943.  Category AC damage in a
flying accident on 7 October 1944, repaired on site.  Struck off on 25 October 1945, no record of
other squadrons using this aircraft after No. 402.

W
3502
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Wolds and
Buckrose”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*K”.  Was coded “KH*L” on 12 August
1941 when it flew on Operation 77. 
Left this unit by 25 August 1941.

W
3521
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 16 April
1943.  Category E damage in a flying
accident on 14 May 1943.

W
3526
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Reported in No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF records as lost in combat on 2 June 1942, but other reocrds do
not support this.

W
3529
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Caithness”.  Used by No. 402
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 December
1943.  Left this unit by June 1944.

W
3564
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 28 January 1942. 
Coded “KH*K”.  Lost on
operations on 2 June 1942, after combat over Le Touquet, France.  Ditched near Dover, pilot F/Sgt. G.D.
Aitken rescued.  Had 231:40 airframe
time when lost.

W
3569
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
LF Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 7 March
1942.  Category AC damage in a flying
accident on 25 March 1942, repiared on site. 
Left this unit by July 1942.

READ  Canadian Forces Hercules

W
3570
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 16 October
1941.  Repiared on site on 4 November
1941, no details.  Category B damage on
operations on 8 January 1942.  Struck
off on 3 February 1942, apparently not repairable.

W
3573
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  mid 1941.  Coded “KH*K”.  Used by P/O K.H. Anthony to score this
unit’s first kill, a Bf109F over France on 9 August 1941.  Operating out of Hornchurch at that
time.  Failed to return from operations
on 19 August 1941.

W
3574
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 16 November
1943.  Left this unit by February 1944.

W
3575
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 417 (F)
Squadron, RCAF in April 1942.

W
3601
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 28 September
1941.  Lost on operations 27 October
1941, shot up by Bf 109s over France. 
Crashed while attempting to land at Deal, UK.  Pilot Sgt. S.L. Thompson was killed.

W
3603
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. IIA
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 28 October 1941,
on operations.  Coded
“YO*P”.  Category B damage on
operations 13 February 1942.  Had left
this unit by June 1942.

W
3604
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 12 September
1941.  Left this unit by November
1941.  Survived the war, and was sold
as scrap.

W
3608
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 9 October 1943.

W
3619
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 7 December
1942.  Was being flown by No. 403 (F)
Sdn. pilot on 11 February 1943, when it struck a tree on a Rhubarb mission,
near Bayeaux, France.  Returned to base
and was repaired.  Transferred to Free
French AF on 19 January 1945.

W
3621
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 11 June
1943.  Category B damage in a flying
accident on 27 March 1944.  Repaired by
de Havilland, returned to RAF.

W
3630
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
LF Mk. VB
 
Named
“Kuwait”.  Used by No. 403
(F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 4 August
1941.  Coded “KH*Z” when it
flew target support for Operation 77 on 12 August 1941.  Left this unit by October 1941.

W
3634
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “March
Brown”.  Used by No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 6 June 1943.  Still with this unit when it crashed near
Leith Hill, Surrey on 19 October 1943.

W
3638
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 8 January
1943.  To No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
25 March 1943.  Left this unit by June
1943.

W
3639
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 2 October 1941, coded “DB*B”.  Lost in combat with enemy fighters off
Calais, France on 16 December 1941. 
Pilot S.D. Chamberlain was killed.

W
3641
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF,  from 7 June 1942.  Left this unit by August 1942.

W
3647
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Used by No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 21 November 1942. 
With No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 3 February 1943.

W
3650
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 12 September 1941. 
Coded “KH*X”. 
Repaired on site 20 September 1941, no details.  Left this unit by March 1942.

W
3652
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Blue
Charm”.  Used by No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 3 June 1943.  Left
this unit by 7 June 1943.

W
3653
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 11 August 1941, 5 days after first flight.  Left this unit by 25 August 1941, lost on
17 September 1941.

W
3712
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 11 August 1941, 11 days after first flight.  Left this unit by 25 August 1941, lost on
31 August 1941.

W
3720
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 24 February 1942. 
Hit the sea on Rhubarb mission, en route to Calais on 27 February
1942.  Sgt. R. Bateman rescued.

W
3768
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Higham
Ferrers-Irthlingborough”.  Used by
No. 441 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27 February 1944 for training, from Digby.

W
3817
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named
“Wellingborough”.  Used by
No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 6 February 1942.  Left this unit by April 1942.

W
3822
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Zanzibar
II”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 12 September 1941. 
Coded “KH*Q”.  Stalled
and crashed on 14 October 1941. 
Originally Category E, but repaired, and back in service with No. 129
Squadron, RAF by 19 August 1942.

W
3823
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. VB
 
Named “Holt
I”.  Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF,from 12 September 1941.  Coded
“KH*S”.  Left this unit by
November 1941.  To No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF from 29 April 1942.  To
No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 8 May 1942. 
Left this unit by 24 May 1942.

W
3834
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF.  A presentation
aircraft, enscribed “Corps of Imperial Frontiersmen”.  This may be a typo?

W
3839
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Kettering
District”.  Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 20 August 1942. 
Destroyed in mid-air with BM346 on 17 February 1943, crashed near
Stubb House, Yorkshire.  Had 297:30
airframe time.

W
3843
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “St. Kitts Nevis
II”.  Used by No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 110 October 1942. 
To No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 31 January 1943.  Left this unit by 3 May 1943.

W
3853
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 9 October 1941. 
Repaired on site 6 November 1941, no details.  To No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 26
November 1941.  Category AC damage on
operations, 16 April 1942.  Destroyed
in flying accident 24 September 1942. 
NOTE:  there are conflicting
records on this serial number!

W
3895
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Named “Nyasland
V”.  Served with No. 417 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 7 February 1942. 
Left this unit by 28 March 1942.

W
3899
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
LF Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 28 September 1941, 11 days after first flight.  Left this unit by November 1941.

W
3932
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
LF Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 29 June 1943. 
Left this unit by 3 December 1943.

W
3938
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 12 September 1941, 6 days after first flight.  Coded “KH*J”.  Left this unit by 3 April 1942.  Later to RN, fitted with arrestor hook by
September 1942.

W
3941
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 16 June 1942.  To
No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 3 June 1943. 
Left this unit by 12 June 1943.

W
3946
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 20 November 1942. 
To No. 412 (F) Sqaudron, RCAF on 3 February 1943.  Left this unit by 15 May 1943.  To No. 4216 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 15
December 1943.  Left this unit by 13
February 1944.

W
3951
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 2 October 1941, 2 weeks after first flight.  Category AC damage in flying accident on 11
December 1941, repaired on site.  To
No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 29 January 1942.  Left this unit by April 1943.

W
3952
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 1 October 1941, 6 days after first flight.  To Rolls Royce for modifications on 22
October 1941, returned to this unit. 
Shot down by Bf 109s near Dunkirk-Lille during Circus 110 on 8
November 1941.  P/O K.R.E. Denkman
killed.

W
3953
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 1 November 1941, 5 days after first flight.  Category B damage in flying accident on 10
January 1942.  Category C damage in
flying accident on 3 September 1942. 
Repaired on site, left this unit by 18 September 1942

W
3955
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 19 October 1941. 
Shot down by Adolf Galland of JG 26 on 27 October 1941.  Pilot Sgt. B.G. Hodgkinson POW.  Had 11:20 airframe time.

W
3958
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 12 October 1941. 
Part of rear support wing for Circus 112A, raid on Comines power
station, on 8 March 1942.  Destroyed in
a flying accident on 23 July 1942.

W
3959
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 12 October 1941, 12 days after first flight.  Shot down during Circus 110 on 8 November
1941.  S/L G.D. Bushell, DFM killed.

W
3964
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 22 October 1941. 
Shot down by Bf 109s of JG 26 on 27 October 1941.  P/O C.W. Floody POW.  Had 7:00 airframe time.

W
3965
Supermarine
 
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
 
Served with No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 2 September 1942. 
To No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 31 January 1943.  Left this unit by 21 February 1943.

W
4018
Short
Shorts, Rochester
Sunderland
Mk.III
 
With No. 422 (GR) Squadron,
RCAF from August 1942.

W
4028
Short
Shorts, Rochester
Sunderland
Mk.III
 
With No. 423 (GR) Squadron,
RCAF from 3 January 1943.

W
4596
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*M”.

W
4891
Avro
Metropolitan Vickers
Lancaster
Mk. I
 
With No. 405 (B) Sqaudron,
RCAF in August 1943.  No record of
operations.

W
5368
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*K”.

W
5390
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*X”, at Pocklington, UK.  Lost on 15 April 1942, on raid to
Dortmund.  Radio for assistance at
0518, no further trace.

W
5421
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941, coded “LQ*T”.  Had left this unit by 5/6 August 1941, when
it was lost while with No. 12 Squadron, RAF.

W
5427
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*N”.  Lost on 14/15 April 1942, on raid to
Dortmund, out of Pocklington, UK. 
Believed to have crashed at Bruhl, 16 km SSW of Koln.

W
5476
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*H”.  Lost 30 November / 1 December 1941, on raid
to Hamburg, out of Pocklington. 
Radioed they were returning to base, believed lost at sea.

W
5483
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941, coded “LQ*J”.  Lost on 2/3 Augst 1941, on raid to Berlin,
out of Pocklington, UK.

W
5484
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*G”.  Launched on this unit’s first raid, to
Schwerte on 12 June 1941, but returned early due to mechanical failure.

W
5487
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF from 6 May 1941. 
Destroyed on 4 June 1941 in German raider attack on Driffield.  First unit loss, may have been first RCAF
bomber loss in UK.

W
5488
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941, coded “LQ*B”.  Lost on 28/29 August 1941, on raid to
Duisburg, out of Pocklington, UK.

W
5489
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF from 6 May 1941, coded “LQ*A”.  Wings and fuel tanks damaged by flak over
Frankfurt on 24/25 October 1941, returned to base.  Caught fire while taxiing to dispersal,
burnt out, no reported casualties.

W
5490
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF from 6 May 1941, coded “LQ*D”.  Damaged in raid on Dortmund on 6/7 July
1941.  Returned to base on one engine,
crashed while attempting landing.  2
fatalities.

W
5491
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF from 6 May 194.  Damaged
by German intruder raid on Driffield, 4 June 1941, but repaired.  Lost after leaving this unit.

W
5492
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941.  Damaged in
mid-air on 8 August 1941, repaired. 
Lost on local wireless test flight on 18 September 1941.  Dingy came loose and fouled elevator
controls.  Aircraft enter steep dive,
broke up in flight, crashed and exploded at Northfield Farm, 3 miles NNE of
Pocklington.  8 fatalities.

W
5495
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*W”.

W
5496
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Sqaudron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*M”, when lost on raid to Hannover on 14 / 15 August
1941.

W
5497
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*M”. 
Crashed on landing at Pocklington on 18 March 1942, returning from
training exercise.  Some injuries.

W
5515
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*R”, and “LQ*Y”.

W
5516
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Sqaudron,
RCAF when lost on raid to Kiel on 26 / 27 February 1941.  Was coded “LQ*D”.

W
5521
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*P”. 
Lost on raid to Berlin, 7 / 8 September 1941.

W
5522
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*Q”.  Lost on raid to Colgne on 16 / 17 June
1941, may have been shot down by night fighter.

W
5527
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*F”.  Lost on raid to Hamburg on 2 / 3 Auguat
1941, crashed in North Sea.

W
5530
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*L”.

W
5531
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*U”.  Took off for raid on Essen on 13 April
1942, crashed on 13 April neer Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk, after engine fire.

W
5534
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*N”.  Lost on raid to Hannover on 14 / 15 July
1941.

W
5535
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK.  Crashed and
burnt out 1 mile north of Pocklington on 1 September 1941, after an engine
fire while on a training mission.  No serious
injuries.

W
5537
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, in the summer of 1941, coded “LQ*O,  “U” and “L”.  Was “LQ*L” on 16 June 1941, when
it was damaged by night fighter on attack on Cologne, forced landed at West
Raynham.  Was “LQ*O” on 24
July 1941 when lost on raid to Brest, 6 killed.

W
5551
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*U”.  Shot down by Bf109s at Ploudaniel, France
(near Brest) on 24 July 1941.  2 Crew
POW, 4 killed.

W
5553
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*D”. 
Lost 7 / 8 November 1941, after bombing Berlin.

W
5555
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*D”.

W
5560
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*M”.  Took off on raid to Wilhelmshaven on 22 /
23 December 1943.  Returned early due
to engine problems, diverted to Lindholme, crashed while attempting landing
there.  No injuries.

READ  RCN Trackers 1500 to 1550

W
5561
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*J”.  Lost on raid to Emden on 28 / 29 December
1941.

W
5564
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded “LQ*Q”.

W
5572
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*X”.

W
5581
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron
RCAF at Pocklington, UK, coded “LQ*V”.  Severely damaged by Bf109s during raid on
Brest on 24 July 1941.  Ditched off Tor
Point, Devon.  3 Injuries, no
fatalities.

W
5589
Vickers
 
Wellington
Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*F”. 
Crashed on air test on 5 January 1942, engine problems.  Attempted to land on artillery range near
Strenshall Village.  All crew killed.

W
6000
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 13 July 1942, coded “A”.  Left this unit by December 1942.

W
6001
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 17 July 1942, coded “B”.  Left this unit by November 1942.

W
6006
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 26 August 1942, coded “AB*E”.  Scored this unit’s first kill, U-456 shared
with one RN and one RCN ship, on 12 May 1943, while escorting convoy HX237.  Left this unit by October 1943.

W
6007
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 8 September 1942, coded “G”.  Left this unit by May 1942.  Survived the war, sold as scrap in 1947.

W
6008
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 3 September 1942, coded “H”.  Credited with damaging U-338 on 5 April
1943.  Ditched 12 March 1944, crew
rescued.

W
6009
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 14 October 1942, coded “J”.  Left this unit by July 1943.

W
6011
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 3 October 1942. 
Left this unit by September 1944.

W
6013
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 12 November 1942. 
Flew into mountain near Ballycastle on 5 December 1943, 9 crew killed.

W
6026
Short
 
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 17 November 1942, coded “2-C” and later
“2-A”.  Flew this unit’s
first Sunderland operational mission, convoy escort over the Atlantic, from
Oban, on 1 March 1943.  Later
transferred to BOAC.

W
6027
Short
Blackburn at Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 19 November 1942, coded “N”.  Left this unit by May 1944.

W
6028
Short
 
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 1 November 1942, coded “C”.  Loaned to BOAC January to May 1943.  Back to No. 422 Sdn. on 4 January 1944.  Crashed near St. Angelo, Fermanagh on 19
February 1944, 2 fatalities.

W
6029
Short
 
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 30 November 1942, coded “D”.  Crashed near Oban on 19 December 1942, 7
killed and 14 injured.

W
6030
Short
Blackburn, Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 11 December 1942, coded “F”.

W
6031
Short
Blackburn, Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 12 December 1942, coded “G”.

W
6032
Short
Blackburn, Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 9 December 1942, coded “H”.

W
6033
Short
Blackburn, Dunbarton
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 27 December 1942, coded “J”.  Crashed near Hvalfjord, Iceland on 28
September 1943.

W
6052
Short
Short & Harland
Sunderland
Mk. II
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 22 July 1942, coded “D”.

W
6053
Short
Short & Harland
Sunderland
Mk. II
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “AB*E”. 
First Sunderland received by this unit, on 7 August 1942.  Flew this unit’s first operation, a 13 hour
anti-submarine patrol from Oban, on 23 August 1942.

W
6061
Short
Short & Harland
Sunderland
Mk. II
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “K”.

W
6064
Short
Short & Harland
Sunderland
Mk. II
 
Operated by No. 423 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 26 January 1943.

W
6066
Short
Short & Harland
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 4 May 1943.  Left
this unit by May 1944.  Survived the
war, sold as scrap on 25 February 1947.

W
6068
Short
Short & Harland
Sunderland
Mk. III
 
Operated by No. 422 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF from 9 May 1943, coded “N”.  Left this unit by August 1944.  Survived the war, sold as scrap on 25
February 1947.

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7703
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*Q”.  Crashed at Wrotham, Kent on 5/6 October
1942, attempting to land at West Malling after completing mission to Aachen.  Apparently stalled on go around.

W
7704
Handley
Page 
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*M”.

W
7707
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*K”.  Lost without a trace on mission to Koln,
from Pocklington, on 30/31 May 1942.

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7708
Handley
Page 
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*H”. 
Shot down at 04:30 on 8 June 1942 by night fighter, 11 km WSW of
Arnhem, Holland, all survived.

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7709
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*J”.  Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at
03:42 on 10 August 1942 alongside a farmhouse, owned by Mr Van Der Steeg, at
Oploo (Noord Brabant), 20 km  NE of Helmond, Holland.  Was on mission to to Osnabruck, from
Topcliffe.

W
7710
Handley
Page 
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*R”. 
Named “Ruhr Valley Express” late 1942.  Photo of this aircraft on page 90 of
“RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft”. 
Lost on 1/2 October 1942, on mission to Flensburg, from
Topcliffe.   Crashed at Liehuus, 6 km
NNW of Flensburg, very close to Germany’s border with Denmark.

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7713
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*T”,  when
lost  on 1/2 June 1942.  Had departed Pocklington for mission to
Essen.  Crashed near Krefeld, Germany.

W
7714
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded “LQ*K”.  Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at
02:14 on 30 June 1942 at Deersum (Friesland). 
Was on mission to Bremen, from Pocklington.

W
7715
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*H”, when lost on 29/30 June 1942, on mission to
Bremen.  Crashed at Bimolten, 7 km NNW
of Nordhorn.

W
7718
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*T”, when lost on raid to Dusseldorf on 1 August
1942.  Crashed, on fire, at 03:05 2 km
SE of Heppeneert, Limburg, in Belgium.

W
7748
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*D”, when lost on 11/12 August 1942.  Crashed near Duisburg-Neuenkamp, on raid to
Mainz.

W
7763
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*C”, when shot down 
by a night-fighter and crashed at 23:55, 7 October 1942,  in the estate of Prattenburg between
Veenendaal and Rhenen (Utrecht), Holland. 
On a raid to Osnabruck, from Topcliffe, UK.

W
7769
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*K”, when it crashed while attempting to land after
returning from raid on Dusiburg, 23/24 July 1942.  Engine failed, crashed into New Street, in
Pocklington village, while circling to land. 
Ended up in a school, in flames.

W
7770
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*E”, when lost on a raid to Essen on 15 September
1942.  Despite engine and oxygen
problems, target was attacked.  
Attacked by night fighter on return, starting fire in port wing.  Crashed near Maubeuge, France.

W
7780
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*Q”.  Was
flown by crew from 425 Sdn. on 1/2 October 1942, when it was lost on raid on
Flensburg.  Crashed near Flensburg.

W
7802
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
With No. 405 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded “LQ*T”, when lost on 1/2 October 1942.  Was on a raid to Flensburg, crashed near
Bohlberg.

W
7803
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 405
Squadron, RCAF, coded “LQ*B”. 
Failed to return from mission to Stuttgart on 11/12 March 1943, no
survivors.  Crashed at la Malmaison,
Aisne, France.

W
7817
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF, coded “VR*A”. 
Shot down by night fighter during mission to Dortmund on 4/5 May
1943.  Crashed near Zwolle, Holland.  6 POW, 1 fatality.

W
7854
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF, coded “VR*T”. 
Lost on operation to Koln on 15/15 October 1942.   Shot down by Oblt Rudolf Altendorf, of
I./NJG4, and crashed at Waterloo (Brabant), 15 km SSE of Brussels.

W
7857
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF, coded “VR*O”. 
Failed to return from mining operation near Frisian Islands on 9/10
January 1943, no survivors.  One of 5
No. 419 Sdn. aircraft on this mission, only loss.

W
7869
Handley Page
 
Halifax
B. Mk. II
 
Served with No. 419
Squadron, RCAF.

W
8262
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  With No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex. 
Lost on 27 August 1942, on intruder mission to Montdidier.  3 crew KIA.

W
8263
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  Used by No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “TH*P”.

W
8264
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  With No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex. 
Lost on 1 August 1942, on intruder mission to Rouen.  3 crew KIA.

W
8268
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  Used by No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “TH*O”. 
Photo in “Canadian Squadrons and Aircraft”.  Lost on 19/20 May 1942, on night intruder
mission to Soesterberg.  3 crew KIA.

W
8281
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  With No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex. 
Lost on night intruder mission to Soesterberg/Schipol on 19/20 May
1942.  3 crew KIA.

W
8284
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  With No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex. 
Lost on 7/8 September 1942, on night mission in Somme area.  3 crew KIA or MIA.

W
8298
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  With No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex. 
Lost on raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942.  One crew KIA, 1 crew rescued, and 1 POW.

W
8304
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  With No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex. 
Lost on night mission over Holland on 9/10 July 1942.  Believed lost at sea.  3 crew KIA.

W
8317
Douglas
 
Havoc
N.F. Mk. II
 
Delivered to No. 418
Squadron, RCAF, at Debden, Essex, in 1941. 
Coded “V-TH”, named “Victoria”.

W
8318
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.  Lost on
17 May 1942 on mission to Leeuwarden. 
3 crew KIA.

W
8321
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  Used by No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “TH*G”.

W
8325
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF.  Lost on 9 April 1943, on mission
to Melun,  3 crew KIA.

W
8326
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.  Lost on
31 July 1942, during raid on Leeuwarden. 
3 crew KIA.

W
8331
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.  Lost on
raid on Melun and Bretigny on 17 September 1942.  Ditched off Essex, 3 crew KIA.

W
8333
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF.

W
8340
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  Used by No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF. Destroyed on 3 May 1942, when it crashed as a result of
undercarriage failure on take off from West Malling, UK.  Bomb load exploded.  3 crew and I bystander killed.

W
8350
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex, coded “TH*R”.  Lost on night mission to Bretigny on 16/17
August 1942.  2 crew KIA, one POW.

W
8351
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Debden, Essex.  Lost on night
mission to Poix airfield on 2/3 April 1942. 
3 crew KIA or MIA.

W
8356
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
Converted to intruder
configuration.  Used by No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “TH*D”.

W
8358
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.  Lost on
night mission to Creil on 7/8 November 1942. 
2 crew KIA, one POW.

W
8380
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With no. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF.  Lost when it struck a tree
during low level training flight on 8 February 1943.  Crashed one mile NW of Vington Hall, UK.  3 crew killed.

W
8386
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF.

W
8394
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.  Lost on
night mission to Schipol on 23/24 June 1942. 
3 crew KIA.

W
8395
Douglas
 
Boston
Mk. III
 
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF.

W
8406
Consolidated 
 
Catalina
I
 
Operated by No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, in Ceylon, coded “AX*D”

W
8412
Consolidated 
 
Catalina
 
 
Operated by No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, in Ceylon, coded “AX*P” prior to 1 August 1942,
subsequently “AX*B”.

W
8421
Consolidated 
 
Catalina
 
 
With No. 2 (GR) Squadron,
before passing to  No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF. Was coded “AX*P” in Ceylon in 1942.

W
8427
Consolidated 
 
Catalina
 
 
Operated by No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, coded “G”.

W
8434
Consolidated 
 
Catalina
IB
 
Operated by No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, in the Shetland Islands in 1941/1942, coded “QL*F”.

W
8438
Consolidated 
 
Catalina
IB
 
Operated by No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF, in the Shetland Islands in 1941/1942.

W
9136
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.

W
9175
Hawker
Gloster Aircraft Co.,
Brockworth
Hurricane
Mk. I
 
With No. 402 (F) Squadron,
RCAF.

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