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    COASTAL COMMAND
    November 1942

    1/.- Hudson III - 233 Sqn - AE591.
    1/.- Hudson IIIa - 233 Sqn - FH343.
    1/.- Hampden TB.1 - 415 Sqn - AT193.
    3/.- Liberator II - 120 Sqn - AL519.
    3/.- Catalina Ib - 202 Sqn - FP124.
    3/.- Hudson V - 407 Sqn - AM646.
    3/.- Hudson V - 407 Sqn - AM648.
    4/.- Catalina I - 210 Sqn - AH559.
    4/.- N-3PB - 330 Sqn - F.13.
    5/.- Spitfire I - 8(C) OTU - R6886.
    5/.- Catalina IIIa - 330 Sqn - FP535.
    6/.- Hudson V - 500 Sqn - AM660.
    6/.- Blenheim IV - 224 Sqn - V5814.
    7/.- Beaufort I - 5(C) OTU - L9865.
    7/.- Beaufighter II - 143 Sqn - T3434.
    7/.- Liberator III - 224 Sqn - FK245.
    8/.- Anson I - 7(C) OTU - DG756.
    8/.- Hampden TB.1 - 415 Sqn - AT241.
    9/.- Hudson III - 233 Sqn - T9458.
    9/.- Hudson III - 233 Sqn - V8985.
    9/.- Hudson III - 233 Sqn - AE563.
    9/.- Hudson III - 233 Sqn - FH453.
    9/.- Hudson III - 320 Sqn - EW912.
    9/.- Whitley VII - 612 Sqn - Z9376.
    10/.- Hampden I - 5(C) OTU - AE379.
    10/.- Spitfire PR.V - 8(C) OTU - X4487.
    10/.- Hudson III - 53 Sqn - V9253.
    11/.- Spitfire Is - 8(C) OTU - K9857.
    11/.- Catalina I - 210 Sqn - W8416.
    11/.- Hudson V - 608 Sqn - AM802.
    12/.- Sunderland II - 10 Sqn(RAAF) - W6054.
    12/.- Beaufighter VIc - 235 Sqn - T5284.
    13/.- Beaufighter VIc - 2(C) OTU - T5146.
    14/.- Beaufort II - 5(C) OTU - AW384.
    15/.- Hudson V - 500 Sqn - AM722.
    16/.- Whitley VII - 502 Sqn - Z9199.
    18/.- Whitley VII - 612 Sqn - BD675.
    19/.- Wellington Ic - 311 Sqn - DV779.
    20/.- Beaufighter VIc - 254 Sqn - EL324.
    20/.- Beaufighter VIc - 236 Sqn - EL454.
    20/.- Beaufighter Ic - 236 Sqn - T4780.
    20/.- Catalina In - 202 Sqn - FP153.
    21/.- Hampden TB.1 - 415 Sqn - N9106.
    22/.- Hudson VI - 320 Sqn - EW903.
    24/.- Beaufighter VIc - 235 Sqn - T5253.
    25/.- Hampden I - 489 Sqn - AT238.
    26/.- Beaufighter VIc - 235 Sqn - EL339.
    26/.- Beaufighter VIc - 235 Sqn - EL271.
    26/.- Beaufighter VIc - 248 Sqn - EL263.
    26/.- Beaufighter VIc - 236 Sqn - EL446.
    27/.- Hudson IIIa - 279 Sqn - T9407.
    28/.- Sunderland III - 95 Sqn - DV975.
    29/.- Sunderland II - 95 Sqn - W6016.
    29/.- Blenheim IV - 1402 Flt - Z7345
    30/.- Beaufighter VIc - 248 Sqn - JL434.

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    Hi all,

    few details for
    19/.- Wellington Ic - 311 Sqn - DV779.
    from the ORB:

    During take-off, crashed about 400 yds from end of Runway.
    A/C completely burnt out, but crew escaped with some burns, and scratches.

    Pavel
    Czechoslovak Airmen in the RAF 1940-1945
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    Hello,

    COASTAL COMMAND
    November 1942.
    4/. - Hudson III - 279 Sqn - AE594
    8/. - Wellington VIII -179 Sqn - HX776
    9/. - Anson I - 5(C)OTU - N9722
    9/. - Wellington VIII - 179 Sqn - HX732
    11/. - Spitfire Va - 521 Sqn - R6817
    19/. - Blenheim IV - 521 Sqn - Z7365
    22/. - Beaufighter VIc - 2(C)OTU - EL394 - Collided in circuit with No.316 (Polish) Sqn Spitfire Vb BL246 piloted by Sgt Tadeusz Orzechowski (Polish) +. Beaufighter Pilot - R102077 F/Sgt Robert Andrew PATTERSON RCAF +.

    Col.
    Last edited by COL BRUGGY; 25th September 2018 at 11:34.

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    Default Re: Coastal Command November 1942

    I was recently sent a page of the log book for an airman who was on board AL519 and I noted that there was a number of old threads about that aircraft.

    The AIr81 is a few months away I guess so for now,
    The pilot listed in the log book is W/O Robins
    and the man whose log book it was:

    Sgt George William DAVIES 952226, Flight Engineer

    He later survived the crash of Sunderland DD848 in Ireland.

    Old, old thread
    http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/07752.php


    W/O N W Robins, 907192, +

    Sgt H W Smith, 1076174, Injured
    Dennis Burke
    - Dublin

    Foreign Aircrew and Aircraft Ireland 1939-1945
    www.ww2irishaviation.com

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