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| RAF.Serial | Type | c/n | Aircraft History |
| AK343 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; Lost on operations |
| AK354 | Mk.IIB | 14865 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; delivered 21/5/41; on 8/6/41 it was flown by John Saunders on 3 Sqn's first operational Tomahawk flight; on 19/6/41 Sgt M P A Randall (407080) crashed on landing at Lydda when oil obscured his vision; it was repaired then later transferred 112 Sqn. |
| AK365 | Mk.IIB | 14876 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; on 19/5/41 it was delivered to 3 Sqn; on 26/5/41 it was hit by a landing AK474 when parked near the runway at Lydda. |
| AK366 | Mk.IIB | 14877 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; delivered 19/5/41; on 8/6/41 it was flown by Eric Lane on 3 SQN's first operational Tomahawk flight; on 25/6/41 F/O John Jackson shot down a LeO 451; on 26/6/41 was hit by AA and Sgt M J Baillie (407070) was forced to crash land it; repaired and later transferred to 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK370 | Mk.IIB | 14881 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF under RAF Contol; on 24/6/41 it was damaged by a D520 in starboard wing and then damaged further on landing at Haifa (category 2 damage) with Sgt F B Reid (402137) being ok; then repaired. |
| AK378 | Mk.IIB | 14889 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF and was named "Go Getter
Gertie" on the port cowl; on 25/11/41 Sgt M J Baillie (407070) shot down a Bf109 ; on 9/12/41 it was shot down by Bf109s near El Adem killing F/O David Rutter (833). |
| AK382 | Mk.IIB | 14893 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF was coded 'V' with 'Tindian'
a contraction of 'Tim Indian' on the port cowl and was usually flown
by F/O Thomas Hamilton Trimble (260652); it was supplied from 112 Sqn; 22/11/41 it was flown by F/O Trimble on a wing op and they were formed into a defensive circle (contrary to accepted practise) losing 6 a/c; on 29/11/41 it was damaged on take-off with F/O Geoffrey Talbot Chinchen (250704) being ok. |
| AK388 | Mk.IIB | 14899 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; delivered 16/5/41; on 18/5/41 it was damaged in landing [pilot?]; on 23/5/41 it was returned to the Sqn; on 25/6/41 it was damaged on landing at Jenin by F/O F Fisher (250626); repaired and transferred 4 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK390 | Mk.IIB | 14901 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; delivered from 112 Sqn; on 22/11/41 it was shot down by a Bf109 near El Adem with pilot being F/O W Kloster (650) who survived. |
| AK392 | Mk.IIB | 14903 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; delivered from 250 Sqn; on 30/11/41 it was damaged during operations with Sgt Rex Kerslake Wilson (407088) flying it back to base; later transferred 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK393 | Mk.IIB | 14904 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; from 2 Sqn SAAF; on 8/6/41 it was flown by F/O Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes (260714) on 3 Sqn's first operational Tomahawk flight; 25/6/41 F/O John Saunders shot down a LeO 451; transferred 40 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK402 | Mk.IIB | 14913 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 19/10/41 flown out to 107 MU for 180hr inspection; transferred 112 Sqn. |
| AK407 | Mk.IIB | 14918 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 14/5/41 delivered from 2 Sqn SAAF; 30/5/41 undercarriage retracted during landing; 19/11/41 shot down by Bf-109s 20 miles Nth of Maddalena with F/O Frank Fischer (250626) surviving the ordeal. |
| AK408 | Mk.IIB | 14919 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 5/6/41 spun into ground 2.5 miles East of Jaffa killing Sgt Norman Arvon Evans (402113). |
| AK410 | Mk.IIB | 14921 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 14/5/41 delivered; 20/5/41 the port undercarriage failed to lock down and collapsed on landing at Lydda with F/L Blake Raymond Pelly (260226); repaired and later transferred to 208 Sqn. |
| AK420 | Mk.IIB | 14931 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 23/6/41 F/O Percival Roy Bothwell (695) shot down 2 Dewoitine D520s; 21/9/41 F/O John Kenneth Stratten (260758) hit a Tomahawk from 250 Sqn on takeoff damaging AK420 beyond repair. |
| AK427 | Mk.IIB | 14938 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 8/6/41 flown by Jock Perrin on 3 Sqn's first operational Tomahawk flight; 28/6/41 Sgt Michael Randall was killed in crash on takeoff; damaged at Damascuc-Mezze after engine failure and a/c spun in. |
| AK429 | Mk.IIB | 14940 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 28/6/41 Sgt Rex Kerslake Wilson (407088) shot down a Maryland 167; 1/7/41 it was damaged in combat with Sgt Mervyn James Headen Ballie (407070) flying it back to base; 3/7/41 flown to MU; repaired and transferred 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK435 | Mk.IIB | 14946 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 11/6/41 damaged on landing with Sgt Hedley Maurice Smeeton (408015) ok; struck off charge. |
| AK436 | Mk.IIB | 14947 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 25/6/41 Sgt Alan Cecil Cameron (404085) shot down LeO 451; 29/6/41 F/O Lindsay Eric Shaw Knowles (456) shot down Maryland 167; 11/7/41 involved in forced landing by F/O Knowles 10 miles NNW of Damascus? after flak damage. |
| AK438 | Mk.IIB | 14949 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 2 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK439 | Mk.IIB | 14950 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 16/5/41 was delivered; 9/6/41 F/L Alan Rawlinson made a wheels up landing after engine failure on takeoff at Lydda; transferred 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK446 | Mk.IIB | 14952 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 28/6/41 Alan Rawlinson shot down 3 Maryland 167s; 17/12/41 transferred 2 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK456 | Mk.IIB | 15327 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; had 'ORTOGO' nose art on the cowl and was the usual a/c of Peter Turnbull; 14/9/41 P/O Lawnton 'Sammy' Lees (400092) shot down a Bf110 in this a/c and was reported missing but they were later recovered; transferred to 40 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK462 | Mk.IIB | 15333 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 3/6/41 it was damaged when it landed on an unfinished area of the runway at Lydda by Lt Smith (SAAF undergoing training); repaired and transferred 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK463 | Mk.IIB | 15334 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 24/6/41 damaged during combat and then further damaged when landing by P/O Peter St George Bruce Turnbull (481) on return from that op; transferred 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AK464 | Mk.IIB | 15335 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 11/7/41 F/O Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes (260714) shot down a Dewoitine D520 which was his first victory; 14/9/41 F/O David John Burbury (250703) was shot down during an attack on Gambut airfield, he was declared MIA but was in fact a POW. |
| AK465 | Mk.IIB | 15336 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 20/11/41 it was damaged in the u/c during combat and F/O Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes (260714) force landed at LG122; repaired and transferred 208 Sqn. |
| AK474 | Mk.IIB | 15426 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 19/5/41 it was delivered; 26/5/41 it collided with AK365 while F/O Davidson was taking off. |
| AK476 | Mk.IIB | 15428 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 08/6/41 it was flown by S/L Peter Jeffrey (145) on 3 Sqn's first operational Tomahawk flight; 28/6/41 F/O Peter Turnbull shot down 2 Maryland 167s ; 10/7/41 Sgt Hiller shot down a Dewoitine D520; 19/10/41 it was flown out to 107 MU for 180hr inspection. |
| AK488 | Mk.IIB | 15440 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 15/6/41 damaged when F/L Alan Charles Rawlinson (386) could not get undercarriage to lock down and it collapsed on landing at Lydda; transferred out. |
| AK499 | Mk.IIB | 15451 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; it was delivered from 112 Sqn; 30/11/41 Damaged on operations; (AN457 lost and AK378 also damaged); 9/12/41 it went missing in action on sweep of El Adem with Sgt Alan Cecil Cameron (404085) who evaded capture and walked back in 3 days. |
| AK506 | Mk.IIB | 15458 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 25/11/41 Sgt Rex Kerslake Wilson (407088) shot down a Bf110; 30/11/41 it crash landed at El Adem after damaged by Bf109 and was scrapped. |
| AK510 | Mk.IIB | 15462 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 22/11/41 shot down by Bf109 at Bir el Gubbi during Blenheim escort op with F/O Malcolm Hector Watson (845) being KIA. |
| AK516 | Mk.IIB | 15468 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 12/10/41 it crash landed after damaged by Bf109 with F/O H G Roberts (406082) |
| AK526 | Mk.IIB | 15478 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 10/7/41 P/O Lane shot down a Dewoitine D520; 11/7/41 shot down by D520 20 miles SW Hama, Syria with F/O Frank Fischer (250626). |
| AK539 | Mk.IIB | 15491 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 24/9/41 it was shot down by Bf109s during attack on a JU88 with F/L John Henry William Saunders (471) surviving. |
| AK548 | Mk.IIB | 15500 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 20/8/41 it hit ground while low flying 1 mile east of Estabel with Sgt W Mailey (402375) being ok. |
| AK566 | Mk.IIB | 15518 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 12/10/41 it force landed at LG.105 after damage by Bf109s with Sgt D Scott (402147) escaping. |
| AM374 | Mk.IIB | 15527 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred to 4 Sqn SAAF. |
| AM378 | Mk.IIB | 15831 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 10/7/41 F/O John Jackson shot down a Dewoitine D520; 22/11/41 it was shot down by Bf109s SE of Ell Adem with F/O Eric Hall Lane (406002) being KIA. |
| AM384 | Mk.IIB | 1583? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; supplied from 112 Sqn; 30/11/41 in this a/c F/O Tom Trimble shot down 2 Macchi MC200 and damaged 3 Junkers Ju87s; 13/12/41 he was shot down in this a/c near Martuba probably by Marseille. |
| AM386 | Mk.IIB | 15839 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; had 'Sweet FA' on the cowl and was the usual a/c of F/L Alan Charles Rawlinson (386); 10/7/41 F/O Peter Turnbull shot down 2 Dewoitine D520; 22/8/41 the starboard tailplane & elevator fell off during aerobatics forcing F/L Alan Rawlinson to crash land at Rayak; repaired; 1/2/44 SOC with 71 OTU. |
| AM392 | Mk.IIB | 158?? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred from 250 Sqn were it was coded LD-W and had "Nux Vomica" under the cockpit on the port side; transferred 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AM398 | Mk.IIB | 15851 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; was coded 'V' with 'Tindian', a contraction of Tin Indian, on the port cowl, usually F/O Tom Trimble's aircraft and this cowl was on other aircraft when this a/c was serviced; on 25/11/41 it went missing in action near Sidi Omar believed shot down by ack-ack with F/O Percival Roy Bothwell (695) being KIA. |
| AM400 | Mk.IIB | 15853 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 25/11/41 it crashed during a forced landing with F/L J G Manford (290488) escaping serious injury. |
| AM406 | Mk.IIB | 15859 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; from 112 Sqn; 25/11/41 P/O Edward H B Jackson (270530) shot down a Bf110; 17/12/41 it transferred to 4 Sqn SAAF. |
| AM413 | Mk.IIB | 15866 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 26/11/41 shot down by Bf109 near Tobruk with Sgt Geoffrey Edward Hiller (407075) ?. |
| AM425 | Mk.IIB | 15878 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 17/12/41 transferred 4 Sqn SAAF. |
| AM476 | Mk.IIB | 15929 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 73 OTU. |
| AM507 | Mk.IIB | 15960 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 20/11/41 Sgt Ronald Henry Simes (402259) shot down Bf110; 22/11/41 Sgt Ron Symes shot down a Bf109 but then was shot down himself SE El Adem and KIA. |
| AN224 | Mk.IIB | 17823 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 12/12/41 it collided in mid air with AN335 but recovered with F/O R H S Gray (260717) returning it to base safely; repaired and later 2 Sqn SAAF. |
| AN238 | Mk.IIB | 17837 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; ?/?/41 damaged on landing at LG102 with Sgt W L A Mailey (402375) being ok; repaired and later transferred to 5 Sqn SAAF. |
| AN244 | Mk.IIB | 17843 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 22/11/41 it was force landed by W/C Peter Jeffrey (145) after damaged by Bf109. |
| AN270 | Mk.IIB | 17869 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 14/12/41 shot down by Bf109 near Martuba with Sgt D Scott (402147) surviving. |
| AN274 | Mk.IIB | 17873 | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; 13/12/41 Sgt Alan Cecil Cameron (404085) was shot down by a Bf109; 17/12/41 was transferred to 112 Sqn. |
| AN285 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; shot down 14/12/41 near Martuba |
| AN291 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 5 Sqn SAAF |
| AN294 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 2 Sqn SAAF |
| AN300 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 73 OTU. |
| AN305 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; P/O Lees shot down 22/11/41 by Bf109 SE El Adem |
| AN314 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF. |
| AN325 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 4 Sqn SAAF |
| AN335 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; Missing In Action 12/12/41 near Sidi Rezegh |
| AN336 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; was coded N while with
them; F/O Nicky Barr shot down a Bf110 on 12/12/41 and then the next day he destroyed a Bf109 and a Ju88; on 17/12/41 it was transferred to 112 Sqn. |
| AN337 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; W/C Peter Jeffrey shot down Bf110 25/11/41. |
| AN343 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; was coded 'X' with 3 Sqn; F/O Bruce Evans shot down 15/11/41. |
| AN355 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; was coded R with them and had 'Snifter' on the cowl; was the usual a/c of F/L Lindsay Knowles; Sgt Dudley Parker shot down 12/10/41 by Bf109 |
| AN365 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 5 Sqn SAAF |
| AN373 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; F/O Roberts shot down 22/11/41 by Bf109 near El Adem |
| AN384 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; Missing In Action 13/12/41 from sweep near Tmimi |
| AN389 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; |
| AN390 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; was coded 'Z' while with 3 Sqn; on 22/11/41 it went missing in action and is presumed shot down by a Bf109 SE El Adem. |
| AN406 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; Missing In Action 25/11/41 from sweep near Sidi Omar. |
| AN408 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; Sgt Reid shot down Bf110 25/11/41; transferred 5 Sqn SAAF |
| AN410 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; F/L Knowles shot down 22/11/41 by Bf109 SE El Adem. |
| AN413 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 112 Sqn RAF, under RAF control; was coded 'K' and had 'Nan' in outline under the cockpit and forward of that a Kangaroo also in outline while with 112 Sqn. |
| AN416 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; From 250 Sqn; shot down 22/11/41 by Bf109 near Bir el Gubbi |
| AN441 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred 2 Sqn SAAF |
| AN449 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; transferred RAF |
| AN457 | Mk.IIB | ? | served with 3 Sqn RAAF; Sgt Rex Wilson shot down JU-88 1/12/41; shot down 9/12/41 by Bf109 S El Alamein. |
