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[Viking1066]

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 1

 

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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 2

 

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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 3

 

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Dehavilland Mosquito IV, DZ413, of No. 105 Squadron, due to attack naval store depot in Rennes, it collided with another Mosquito and crashed in the area.

Edit: Mission Rennes. To attack a naval stores depot. Collided with DZ 365 and crashed in target area.
All aircraft took off at at 1645 hours. Seven aircraft successfully bombed target from heights varying from 50 to 800 feet. Clouds of smoke and debris seen in target area, which was severly damaged. One aircraft unable to bomb on first run up, circled and bombed from 800'. Smoke seen from distance of 20 miles, visibility being very good. One aircraft abondoned task over target, owing to leading aircraft's bombs exploding just as aircraft was in run up to target. W/Cdr. Longfield led the formation, and owing to a navigational error, turned sharply, causing a collision with the second aircraft, piloted by F/O. Kimmel. The W/Cdr's aircraft was seen to crash out of control, and F/O. Kimmel's aircraft was seen to bee losing height with a glycol leak, apparently under control."
Crew:
F/O (J/9561) Spencer Griffith KIMMEL (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/10427) Harry Nettleton KIRKLAND (Obs) RCAF - killed

Dehavilland Mosquito IX, ML913, of No. 105 Squadron, target: Scholven-Buer, lost without a trace 5th of July 1944.
Edit: His Mosquito IX ML913 GB-E had taken off 23.39 hrs (5 July) from Bourn for an operation against Scholven-Buer; Mosquito lost without a trace
Crew:
F/Lt (81668.) George Kenneth WHIFFEN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (155.999) Douglas Knight WILLIAMS DFC (obs) RAFVR - killed

 

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Avro Lancaster B.II....

DS613 - 61, 115Sq; 1668CU, Wrecked 8th of February 1945....
DS713 - 426Sq July 1943, Missing (Düsseldorf) 3rd of November 1943....
DS813 - 514Sq (JI-H) September 1943, Missing 29th of July 1944....

 

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Avro Lancaster B.III, EE113, 619 Squadron, PG-?, based at Woodhall Spa, lost without trace during an air test.

Edit:
10Jun1943 The aircraft disappeared while on a test flight over the North Sea. The aircraft was brand new at the time and had only flown four hours when it was lost. The crew consisted of Sgt F.W. Shirley, Sgt W.J. Douglas, Sgt W.A. Robinson, Sgt J.J. Wemyss, Sgt P. Fox, Sgt D.M. Gray, Sgt P.J. Cook, F/Sgt A.P. Price and Sgt J.H. Bambridge (RCAF). All the crew were lost with the aircraft. F/Sgt Price was an Instrument Mechanic.

 

[Viking1066]

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 3

 

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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 4

 

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Date: Wednesday 3 November 1943
Time: 19:30
Type: Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator: 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF
Registration: DS713
MSN: OW-G
Fatalities: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: Stahe, Gangelt, Nordrhein-Westfalen - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative: Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.

Takeoff time: 17:10
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Willoughby Ditzler RCAF J/21426 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Charles Ellis RAFVR 1224945 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Norman Stanley McLeod RCAF R/134200 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class I Gerald Thompson Mutton RCAF R/97058 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Melvin Ellis Gee RCAF R/184067 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Galloway RCAF R/141634 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Charles Edward Flewin RCAF R/138384 [Killed]

 

[Viking1066]

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 5

 

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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 6

 

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Lancaster II DS713/OW-J in August 1943....

 

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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 7

 

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Avro 683 Lancaster I R5513
Built by: Avro, Manchester
Contract: B.69274/40
Works Order: 7671
Delivered: 1942-03-30
Struck off: 1942-04-19
Fate: Missing
Story: Served with 97 Sqn. Lost less than 3 weeks after being delivered.
Home Base: Woodhall Spa
Mission: Augsburg
Squadron: 97

 

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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 8

 

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Avro Lancaster I
Built by: Armstrong Whitworth
LM113, UM●F2
Contract: 239/SAS/C4 ( C )
Works Order:
Delivered: 1944-05-20
Struck off: 1947-05-22
Fate: Survived the war

On her mission to Dresden on the 13th of February 1945, she took off at 21:37 and returned at 07:41 and her load was 1 x 4000lb, 1050 x 4lb incendiaries, 150 x 4lb Type X incendiaries.

 

[Viking1066]

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon '130' Greek AF page 9

 

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Avro Lancaster I
Built by: Armstrong Whitworth
LM213, PH●G
Contract: 239/SAS/C4 ( C )
Works Order:
Delivered: 1944-07-16
Struck off: 1945-01-26
Fate: Crashed

On her last mission on the 16th of January 1945 to Zeitz Troglitz, she carried a bomb load of 1 x 4000lb HC Minol, 12 x 500lb ANM64.