Coastal Command January 1944

[Alex Smart]

Coastal Command
January 1944

1 - Beaufighter TF.X - 304 FTU - NE309.
6 - Fortress II - 206 Sqn - FA705 - [ 42-5074 ].
6 - Beaufighter TF.X - 254 Sqn - LZ413.
8 - Wellington XIV - 179 Sqn - HF137.
8 - Mosquito PR.IX - 540 Sqn - LR407.
9 - Catalina In - 131 OTU - FP193.
9 - Beaufighter TF.X - 304 FTU - NE287.
12 - Beaufighter VIc - 9 OTU - T5277.
14 - Beaufighter TF.X - 144 Sqn - LZ158.
14 - Wellington XIV - 304 Sqn - HF198.
14 - Beaufighter TF.X - 404 Sqn - LZ173.
14 - Beaufighter TF.X - 404 Sqn - LZ179.
14 - Hampden I - 517 Sqn - P1217.
16 - Beaufighter TF.X - 404 Sqn - LZ296.
17 - Wellington XIV - 179 Sqn - HF194.
17 - Warwick I - 281 Sqn - BV520.
18 - Mosquito NF.II - 8 OTU - DZ253 - [ Coastal ?].
18 - Beaufighter Ic - 9 OTU - T4772 - [ Coastal ?].
20 - Anson I - CNS - EF969.
20 - Albacore I - 415 Sqn - X9280.
22 - Mosquito BIV - 8 OTU - DZ473 - [Coastal ?].
23 - Halifax V - 518 Sqn - LK704.
26 - Beaufighter TF.X - 236 Sqn - LX845.
26 - Beaufighter TF.X - 404 Sqn - NE318.
28 - Halifax V - Met CU - DG349.
28 - Beaufighter TF.X - 236 Sqn - LZ320.
28 - Beaufighter TF.X - 254 Sqn - LZ434.
29 - Mosquito PR.IX - 544 Sqn - LR430.
31 - Wellington XIV - 172 Sqn - MP813.
31 - Wellington XIV - 172 Sqn - HF279.
31 - Sunderland III - 228 Sqn - DW110.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

COASTAL COMMAND
January 1944.

21 - Spitfire PR.XI - 541 Sqn - EN503

Took off 1055 on PR sortie to Pas de Calais. Failed to return

1552265 F/Sgt James McGinn AITKEN RAFVR +

Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Col.