Stirling (Total: 533, Canadian: 398, Group 0)
Short Stirling
In June 1944, this Short S.29 Stirling B Mk. IV (Serial No. LK589), coded V3, RAF, was flown across the Atlantic as part of a navigation training exercise and did a tour of bases in Eastern Canada. It is shown here at Malton, Ontario. It was flown back to the UK after a two-week visit.
The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF).
The Stirling was designed during the late 1930s by Short Brothers to conform with the requirements laid out in Air Ministry Specification B.12/36. Prior to this, the RAF had been primarily interested in developing increasingly capable twin-engined bombers but had been persuaded to investigate a prospective four-engined bomber as a result of promising foreign developments in the field. Out of the submissions made to the specification Supermarine proposed the Type 317, which was viewed as the favourite, whereas Short's submission, named the S.29, was selected as an alternative. When the preferred Type 317 had to be abandoned, the S.29, which later received the name Stirling, proceeded to production. In early 1941 the Stirling entered squadron service. During its use as a bomber pilots praised the type for its ability to out-turn enemy night fighters and its favourable handling characteristics whereas the altitude ceiling was often a subject of criticism. The Stirling had a relatively brief operational career as a bomber before being relegated to second line duties from late 1943. This was due to the increasing availability of the more capable Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster, which took over the strategic bombing of Germany. Decisions by the Air Ministry on certain performance requirements (most significantly to restrict the wingspan of the aircraft to 100 feet) had played a role in limiting the Stirling's performance; the 100ft limit also affected earlier models of the Halifax (MkI & MkII) though the Lancaster never adhered to it.
During its later service, the Stirling was used for mining German ports; new and converted aircraft also flew as glider tugs and supply aircraft during the Allied invasion of Europe during 1944"“1945. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the type was rapidly withdrawn from RAF service, having been replaced in the transport role by the Avro York, a derivative of the Lancaster that had previously displaced it from the bomber role. A handful of ex-military Stirlings were rebuilt for the civil market. Wikipedia
Wikipedia Short StirlingStirling Mk. I serial BF309
s/n BF309
BF 309
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF310
s/n BF310
BF 310
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF312
s/n BF312
BF 312
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF313
s/n BF313
BF 313
Known Units: ;214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF314
s/n BF314
BF 314
Known Units: ;1651
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF320
s/n BF320
BF 320
Stirling Mk. I serial BF322
s/n BF322
BF 322
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF327
s/n BF327
BF 327
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF328
s/n BF328
BF 328
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
1942-September-30 KIA RNZAF Sergeant Max Hilton Elliott 2022-11-28
1942-September-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gerald Finnbarr McHugh 2022-11-28
1942-September-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Eric Harold Cecil Phillips 2022-11-28 1942-September-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Edward George Souter 2022-11-28 1942-September-30 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Lawrence Joseph Tighe 2022-11-28 1942-September-30 KIA RNZAF Flight Sergeant Stuart Daniel Wells 2022-11-28 Stirling Mk. I serial BF329
s/n BF329
BF 329
Stirling Mk. I serial BF330
s/n BF330
BF 330
Known Units: ;214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF336
s/n BF336
BF 336
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF337
s/n BF337
BF 337
Known Units: ;214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF338
s/n BF338
BF 338
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF346
s/n BF346
BF 346
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF347
s/n BF347
BF 347
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF351
s/n BF351
BF 351
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF353
s/n BF353
BF 353
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF378
s/n BF378
BF 378
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF379
s/n BF379
BF 379
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF386
s/n BF386
BF 386
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF387
s/n BF387
BF 387
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF390
s/n BF390
BF 390
Stirling Mk. I serial BF392
s/n BF392
BF 392
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF399
s/n BF399
BF 399
Known Units: ;75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF403
s/n BF403
BF 403
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF406
s/n BF406
BF 406
Stirling Mk. I serial BF411
s/n BF411
BF 411
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF415
s/n BF415
BF 415
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF437
s/n BF437
BF 437
Known Units: ;75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF442
s/n BF442
BF 442
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF448
s/n BF448
BF 448
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF450
s/n BF450
BF 450
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial BF451
s/n BF451
BF 451
Known Units: ;75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF457
s/n BF457
BF 457
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF458
s/n BF458
BF 458
Known Units: ;75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF462
s/n BF462
BF 462
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF467
s/n BF467
BF 467
Known Units: ;75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF469
s/n BF469
BF 469
Known Units: ;214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF470
s/n BF470
BF 470
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF472
s/n BF472
BF 472
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF474
s/n BF474
BF 474
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF477
s/n BF477
BF 477
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF478
s/n BF478
BF 478
Known Units: ;214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF479
s/n BF479
BF 479
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF482
s/n BF482
BF 482
Stirling Mk. III serial BF483
s/n BF483
BF 483
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF500
s/n BF500
BF 500
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF501
s/n BF501
BF 501
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF502
s/n BF502
BF 502
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF505
s/n BF505
BF 505
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF507
s/n BF507
BF 507
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF508
s/n BF508
BF 508
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF511
s/n BF511
BF 511
Known Units: ;620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF512
s/n BF512
BF 512
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF514
s/n BF514
BF 514
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF522
s/n BF522
BF 522
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF523
s/n BF523
BF 523
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF524
s/n BF524
BF 524
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF525
s/n BF525
BF 525
Known Units: ;1653
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF530
s/n BF530
BF 530
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF534
s/n BF534
BF 534
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF571
s/n BF571
BF 571
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF572
s/n BF572
BF 572
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF576
s/n BF576
BF 576
Stirling Mk. III serial BF578
s/n BF578
BF 578
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. III serial BF579
s/n BF579
BF 579
Known Units: ;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial BK592
s/n BK592
BK 592
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial BK599
s/n BK599
R
BK 599
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Kiel Germany 1942-10-13 to 1942-10-13
214 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Chedburgh
214 Federated Malay States Squadron RAF (Ultor In Umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling I aircraft BK 599 BU-R was coned by searchlights, struck by flak and attacked by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl Fleischmann of the 6/NJG 3, crashing near Felde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Only two of the crew of seven managed to bale before the crash
Davison, Phalempin, Dempsay, Cameron, and Murray had previously survived the ditching of #22 Operational Training Unit Wellington Ic aircraft X 9701 LT-D 1942-06-25 returning from an operation over Germany. They survived adrift in their dinghy for several days until picked by air-sea rescue until 1942-07-01
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
No 214 (FMS) Squadron RAF - Crews and Losses - Short Stirling
1942-October-13 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Jack Godding Cameron 2025-04-05 1942-October-13 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Ronald William Davison 2024-10-03 1942-October-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ronald Dempsay 2023-05-20 1942-October-13 PoW RAF Warrant Officer John Douglas Fitzgerald "Jack" Melrose 2023-05-20 1942-October-13 KIA RAF Sergeant Stuart Alexander Miller 2024-08-01 1942-October-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Douglas Murray 2023-05-20 1942-October-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gerard Francis Joseph Phalempin 2023-05-20 Stirling Mk. l serial BK610
s/n BK610
BK 610
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial BK611
s/n BK611
U
BK 611
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing 1943-05-25 to 1943-05-26
15 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Mildenhall
15 Squadron (Aim Sure) RAF Mildenhall. Short Stirling I aircraft BK 611 LS-U nicknamed "Te-Kooti" was struck by flak during the run-in to bomb targets in Dusseldorf, Germany and jettisoned their bomb-load. Control of the aircraft was regained and turned for home but the Stirling crash-landed west of the River Maas near Venlo, Holland with the loss of three aircrew members
FS JO Wilson (RAAF), Sergeant RW Pittard (RAFVR) and Sergeant P Arnott (RAFVR) were killed in action
Sergeant EF Seabolt (RCAF) baled after the flak hit, survived and was taken as Prisoner of War
Flight Lieutenant BE Cooper (RAF), Sergeant SJ Maxted (RAF) and Sergeant AW Edgley (RAF) survived and evaded for a time but all were eventually arrested and became Prisoners of War
1943-May-26 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Patrick Arnott 2022-11-06 1943-May-26 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant Brian Edward Cooper 2024-04-09 1943-May-26 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur William Edgley 2022-11-06 1943-May-26 PoW RAF Sergeant Sidney John Maxted 2022-11-06 1943-May-26 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald William Pittard 2022-11-06 1943-May-26 PoW RCAF Sergeant Everett Franklin Seabolt 2022-11-06
1943-May-26 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Oliphant Wilson 2022-11-06 Stirling Mk. l serial BK614
s/n BK614
BK 614
Known Units: 75 RNZAF
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial BK617
s/n BK617
BK 617
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial BK618
s/n BK618
BK 618
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial BK620
s/n BK620
BK 620
Stirling Mk. l serial BK646
s/n BK646
BK 646
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial BK648
s/n BK648
BK 648
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial BK650
s/n BK650
BK 650
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial BK653
s/n BK653
A
BK 653
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Mannheim Germany 1943-04-16 to 1943-04-17
214 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Chedburgh
214 Federated Malay States Squadron (Ulter in umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling III aircraft BK 653 BU-A was attacked by three ME109 fighter aircraft during an operation against targets in Mannheim, Germany. The Stirling was shot down by Leutnant Norbert Pietek of 2/NJG4 and the aircraft was abandoned before crashing at Bonneuil-les-Eaux, Oise, Hauts-de-France, in France
Rear Air-Gunner Sergeant Eric Makham Lee (RAFVR) was killed in action
Mid-Upper Air Gunner Sergeant Gerard Brendan Gallahger (RAFVR) and Bomb Aimer Sergeant Clifford George Walton (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War
Pilot, Flight Sergeant David Eric James (RCAF), 2nd Pilot William George Grove (RAFVR), Flight Engineer James Hall (RAFVR), Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sergeant Reginald Walter Adams (RAFVR) and Navigator James Arthur Smith (RAFVR) all survived and avoided capture as Evaders
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 71 1943-April-17 Evader RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Walter Adams 2025-01-21 1943-April-17 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Gerard Brendan Gallagher 2025-01-21 1943-April-17 Evader RAFVR Sergeant William George Grove 2025-01-21 1943-April-17 Evader RAFVR Sergeant James Hall 2025-01-21 1943-April-17 Evader RCAF Pilot Officer David Eric James 2025-01-22 1943-April-17 Evader RCAF Flight Sergeant David Eric James 2025-01-20 1943-April-17 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Eric Makham Lee 2025-01-21 1943-April-17 Evader RAFVR Sergeant James Arthur Smith 2025-01-21 1943-April-17 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Clifford George Walton 2025-01-21 Stirling serial BK655
s/n BK655
BK 655
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial BK657
s/n BK657
BK 657
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial BK661
s/n BK661
BK 661
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial BK662
s/n BK662
BK 662
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK686
s/n BK686
BK 686
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK687
s/n BK687
R
Short
BK 687
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Bremen Germany 1943-10-08 to 1943-10-09
218 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Downham Market
119 aircraft - 95 Stirlings, 17 Halifaxes, 7 Lancasters, of 3 and 8 Groups. This was a diversionary raid on a larger scale than ever before. The bombing was scattered but this was a subsidiary aim of the operation. 3 Stirlings lost, 2.5 percent of the force. Minor Operations: 10 Mosquitos to Castrop-Rauxel, 7 to Berlin, 1 to Duren, 17 Stirlings minelaying in the River Gironde and off La Pallice, 2 OTU sorties. No Losses. Total Effort for the night: 660 sorties, 30 aircraft (4.5 percent) lost
218 Gold Coast Squadron (In Time) RAF Downham Market. Stirling III aircraft BK 687 HA-R was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from Twente airfield, the Netherlands during an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. The Stirling crashed at Ebersdorf, Germany with the loss of the entire crew, flying their fourteenth operation
The Bomber Command War Diaries and Operational Reference book, 1939-1945 by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt, page 438
From St Vith to Victory, 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron and the Campaign Against Nazi Germany by Stephen C Smith, page 184
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Allied Losses and Incidents: All Commands
1943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Percy Barton 2024-12-30 1943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frederick George Calway 2024-04-21 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Stanley Albert Driscoll 2024-12-30 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Sergeant Douglas Bloom Fulton 2024-04-21 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric Rogers 2024-04-21 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Smalley 2024-04-21 1943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Albert Turner 2024-04-21 Stirling Mk. lll serial BK692
s/n BK692
BK 692
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK697
s/n BK697
BK 697
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arthur James Bagg 2024-11-04 1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Elmer Keith Matlock 2024-11-06 1943-March-08 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Archie Melrose Reid 2024-11-06 1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Jack Graham Ripley 2024-11-06 1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lester Mcbride Wadman 2024-11-06 Stirling Mk. lll serial BK699
s/n BK699
BK 699
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK700
s/n BK700
BK 700
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK702
s/n BK702
BK 702
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK703
s/n BK703
BK 703
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK704
s/n BK704
BK 704
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK705
s/n BK705
BK 705
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK706
s/n BK706
BK 706
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK709
s/n BK709
BK 709
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK709
s/n BK709
BK 709
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK716
s/n BK716
BK 716
Known Units: 7;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing 1943-03-29 to 1943-03-29
218 (B) Sqn (RAF) Downham Market
Short Stirling Bomber aircraft s/n BK 716 with a crew of seven was shot down over Holland. The plane crashed into Lake Markermeer north of Amsterdam and remained at the bottom of the lake until discovered in 2008. None of the crew survived, including two young Canadians, Flt Sergeant Francis McCaw R105188 and Harry Farrington
https://www.waybacktimes.com/military/the-recovery-of-the-short-stirling-bomber-bk716/
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK722
s/n BK722
BK 722
Known Units: 7;218
last update: 2025-June-30
1943-June-22 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Stanley Herbert Burrows 2022-05-23 1943-June-22 PoW RAFVR Flight Sergeant Fred Fawcett 2022-05-23 1943-June-22 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Herbert Hill 2022-05-23 1943-June-22 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Brian Kermode 2022-05-23 1943-June-22 PoW Died RCAF Warrant Officer 1 John Swan McDonald 2025-03-27 1943-June-22 KIA RAAF Pilot Officer Donald Robert Rich 2022-05-23 1943-June-22 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Anthony James Small 2022-05-23 Stirling Mk. lll serial BK723
s/n BK723
BK 723
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK725
s/n BK725
BK 725
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK726
s/n BK726
BK 726
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK759
s/n BK759
BK 759
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK765
s/n BK765
BK 765
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK769
s/n BK769
BK 769
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK770
s/n BK770
BK 770
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK773
s/n BK773
BK 773
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK774
s/n BK774
BK 774
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK776
s/n BK776
BK 776
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK779
s/n BK779
BK 779
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK784
s/n BK784
BK 784
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK798
s/n BK798
BK 798
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK800
s/n BK800
BK 800
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK801
s/n BK801
BK 801
Known Units: ;620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK802
s/n BK802
BK 802
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK806
s/n BK806
BK 806
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial BK815
s/n BK815
BK 815
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial DJ973
s/n DJ973
DJ 973
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial DJ974
s/n DJ974
DJ 974
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE877
s/n EE877
EE 877
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE882
s/n EE882
EE 882
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE885
s/n EE885
EE 885
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE887
s/n EE887
EE 887
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EE888
s/n EE888
EE 888
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE891
s/n EE891
EE 891
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EE892
s/n EE892
EE 892
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EE895
s/n EE895
EE 895
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EE901
s/n EE901
EE 901
Stirling serial EE903
s/n EE903
EE 903
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE905
s/n EE905
EE 905
Known Units: 620;626
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE906
s/n EE906
EE 906
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE909
s/n EE909
EE 909
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE911
s/n EE911
EE 911
Stirling serial EE912
s/n EE912
EE 912
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE937
s/n EE937
EE 937
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE938
s/n EE938
X
EE 938
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Berlin Germany 1943-08-24 to 1943-08-24
75 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Mepal
75 New Zealand Squadron (Ake Ake Kia Kaha) RAF Mepal. Stirling III aircraft EE 938 AA-X lost during an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. While over the target, the Stirling was coned by searchlights and attacked by night fighter pilots Hauptmann Friedrich Karl Muller of Stab/JG 300 and Major Helmut Lent of Stab/NJG 3. The bomber crashed near Mahlsdorf, ESE of Berlin with the loss of the entire crew
Sergeant Joseph Andrew Cletus Holmes (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Alexander Davidson (RCAF), Sergeant Andrew Bain (RAFVR), Warrant Officer Trevor Fear (RAFVR), Sergeant Brian Hartley Ruddy (RAFVR), Sergeant George Douglas Woolcott (RAFVR) and Sergeant Charles Munro (RAFVR) were all killed in action and buried in Germany with the exception of Sergeant Munro, who was missing presumed killed in action. Sergeant Munro has no known gave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Nachtjager Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-1945 by David P Williams
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
EE938 - Der am 24 August 1943 uber Mahlsdorf abgeschossene Stirling -...
1943-August-24 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Andrew Bain 2024-10-08 1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Davidson 2024-10-08 1943-August-24 KIA RAFVR Warrant Officer Trevor Fear 2024-10-08 1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Sergeant Joseph Andrew Cletus Holmes 2024-10-08 1943-August-24 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Charles Munro 2024-10-08 1943-August-24 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Brian Hartley Ruddy 2024-10-08 1943-August-24 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Douglas George Woolcott 2024-10-08 Stirling serial EE946
s/n EE946
EE 946
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE952
s/n EE952
EE 952
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE955
s/n EE955
EE 955
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE956
s/n EE956
EE 956
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EE957
s/n EE957
EE 957
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EE970
s/n EE970
EE 970
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF114
s/n EF114
EF 114
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF119
s/n EF119
EF 119
Known Units: 622
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF129
s/n EF129
EF 129
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF130
s/n EF130
EF 130
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF137
s/n EF137
EF 137
Stirling serial EF139
s/n EF139
EF 139
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
1943-September-22 PoW RCAF Sergeant Arnold William Baker 2024-11-05 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond Frederick Eberle 2023-11-18 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George McGowan King 2024-11-28 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer 2024-11-28 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Douglas McKay Wylie 2024-11-28 Stirling serial EF140
s/n EF140
EF 140
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF147
s/n EF147
EF 147
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF151
s/n EF151
EF 151
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF153
s/n EF153
EF 153
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF155
s/n EF155
EF 155
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF158
s/n EF158
EF 158
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF159
s/n EF159
EF 159
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF162
s/n EF162
EF 162
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF180
s/n EF180
EF 180
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF186
s/n EF186
EF 186
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF187
s/n EF187
EF 187
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF188
s/n EF188
EF 188
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF191
s/n EF191
EF 191
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF198
s/n EF198
EF 198
Stirling serial EF201
s/n EF201
EF 201
Known Units: 1660 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF209
s/n EF209
EF 209
Known Units: 1660 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF232
s/n EF232
EF 232
Known Units: 1660 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF248
s/n EF248
EF 248
Stirling serial EF263
s/n EF263
EF 263
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF268
s/n EF268
EF 268
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF295
s/n EF295
EF 295
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF298
s/n EF298
EF 298
Known Units: 570
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF307
s/n EF307
EF 307
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF330
s/n EF330
EF 330
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF331
s/n EF331
EF 331
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF348
s/n EF348
EF 348
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF361
s/n EF361
EF 361
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF364
s/n EF364
EF 364
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF367
s/n EF367
EF 367
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF392
s/n EF392
EF 392
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF394
s/n EF394
EF 394
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF401
s/n EF401
Y
EF 401
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Berlin Germany 1943-08-31 to 1943-09-01
214 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Chedburgh
214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron (Ulter in umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling Mark III EF 401 BU-Y was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Rolland of the 12/NJG 1 during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The Stirling crashed at 01:05, 4 km west of Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
Flight Sergeant Raymond Colin Chislett (RAFVR), Sergeant Andrew Cowan (RAFVR), Sergeant Stanley Harold Hopkins (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alfred Arthur Poulton (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Warrant Officer Class 1 John Walter Dales (RCAF), Pilot Officer Norman Arthur Parsons (RAF) and Sergeant William Edward Humphreys (RAF) all survived and were captured to become Prisoners of War
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
No 214 (FMS) Squadron RAF - Crews and Losses - Short Stirling
1943-September-01 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Raymond Colin Chislett 2024-08-25 1943-September-01 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Andrew Cowan 2024-08-25 1943-September-01 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1 John Walter Dales 2024-10-31 1943-September-01 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Stanley Harold Hopkins 2024-08-25 1943-September-01 PoW RAF Sergeant William Edward Humphreys 2024-08-25 1943-September-01 PoW RAF Pilot Officer Norman Arthur Parsons 2024-10-08 1943-September-01 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Alfred Arthur Poulton 2024-08-25 Stirling serial EF407
s/n EF407
EF 407
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF427
s/n EF427
EF 427
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF428
s/n EF428
EF 428
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF439
s/n EF439
EF 439
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF445
s/n EF445
EF 445
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF448
s/n EF448
EF 448
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF451
s/n EF451
EF 451
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF452
s/n EF452
EF 452
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF453
s/n EF453
EF 453
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF468
s/n EF468
EF 468
Known Units: ;196
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-February-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Calvert Hamilton Hunter 2022-01-21 1944-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Lysons 2022-01-21 1944-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Duncan Malcolm McCannell 2022-01-21 1944-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant John Edward Sawford 2022-01-21 1944-February-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Arthur Simpson 2022-01-21 1944-February-20 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Patrick William Sullivan 2022-01-21 Stirling serial EF469
s/n EF469
EF 469
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EF497
s/n EF497
EF 497
Stirling serial EF498
s/n EF498
EF 498
Known Units: 1660 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Leslie Burman 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Neville Hugh Banning Garrity 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Peter Bartley Illingworth 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Pilot Officer Archibald MacPherson Lees 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Thomas Mitchell 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Michael Patrick O'Keefe 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant John Edward Rowley 2021-10-18 1944-April-22 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Albert Louis Stoneham 2023-12-13 Stirling serial EF504
s/n EF504
EF 504
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH876
s/n EH876
EH 876
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH882
s/n EH882
EH 882
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial EH883
s/n EH883
EH 883
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH884
s/n EH884
EH 884
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH887
s/n EH887
EH 887
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH889
s/n EH889
EH 889
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH906
s/n EH906
EH 906
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH924
s/n EH924
B
EH 924
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH925
s/n EH925
EH 925
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH931
s/n EH931
EH 931
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH936
s/n EH936
EH 936
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH937
s/n EH937
EH 937
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH941
s/n EH941
EH 941
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH942
s/n EH942
EH 942
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH945
s/n EH945
EH 945
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH952
s/n EH952
EH 952
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH955
s/n EH955
EH 955
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH960
s/n EH960
EH 960
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH961
s/n EH961
EH 961
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH986
s/n EH986
EH 986
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH990
s/n EH990
EH 990
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH991
s/n EH991
EH 991
Known Units: 622
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EH994
s/n EH994
EH 994
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EJ104
s/n EJ104
EJ 104
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EJ106
s/n EJ106
EJ 106
Stirling Mk. lll serial EJ110
s/n EJ110
EJ 110
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EJ113
s/n EJ113
EJ 113
Known Units: 622
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial EJ125
s/n EJ125
EJ 125
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ444
s/n LJ444
LJ 444
Known Units: 1653 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ454
s/n LJ454
LJ 454
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ455
s/n LJ455
LJ 455
Known Units: 1653 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ483
s/n LJ483
LJ 483
Known Units: ;230;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ501
s/n LJ501
LJ 501
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ504
s/n LJ504
LJ 504
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LJ526
s/n LJ526
LJ 526
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ529
s/n LJ529
LJ 529
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ536
s/n LJ536
LJ 536
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ586
s/n LJ586
LJ 586
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ617
s/n LJ617
LJ 617
Known Units: 199
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ621
s/n LJ621
LJ 621
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ814
s/n LJ814
LJ 814
Known Units: 299
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ819
s/n LJ819
LJ 819
Known Units: 299
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ822
s/n LJ822
LJ 822
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ829
s/n LJ829
LJ 829
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ830
s/n LJ830
LJ 830
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Transport 1944-09-21 to 1944-09-21
620 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Fairford
Market Garden
620 Squadron (Dona ferentes adsumus) RAF Fairford. Stirling IV aircraft LJ 830 went down near Arnhem, Holland while on a re-supply flight during Operation Market Garden. The Stirling crashed at Buunderkamp, Wolfheze, Gelderland, Netherlands, cause of loss unknown
Flying Officer JR Thomas (RCAF) and passenger SL Churchyard (RASC) were killed in action
There may have been a second unidentified RASC (Royal Army Service Corps) also killed in action on Wellington LJ 830
Flight Lieutenant H Bate (RCAF) and Flying Officer HM MacLeod (RCAF) both survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Flying Officer R Newton (RCAF), Warrant Officer CC King (RAFVR) and Sergeant T Haig (RAFVR) survived, avoiding capture as Evaders
1944-September-21 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Bate 2024-12-30 1944-September-21 KIA Army Sydney L Churchyard 2024-02-21 1944-September-21 Evader RAFVR Sergeant Thomas Haig 2023-09-25 1944-September-21 Evader RAFVR Warrant Officer Clifford C King 2023-09-25 1944-September-21 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Harold Morris MacLeod 2024-06-27 1944-September-21 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Ralph Newton 2023-09-25 1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Russell Thomas 2023-09-25 Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ832
s/n LJ832
LJ 832
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ841
s/n LJ841
LJ 841
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ850
s/n LJ850
LJ 850
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ864
s/n LJ864
LJ 864
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ878
s/n LJ878
LJ 878
Known Units: 299
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ880
s/n LJ880
LJ 880
Known Units: ;620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LJ882
s/n LJ882
LJ 882
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ920
s/n LJ920
LJ 920
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ937
s/n LJ937
LJ 937
Known Units: 190;140
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ942
s/n LJ942
LJ 942
Known Units: 299
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ943
s/n LJ943
LJ 943
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ982
s/n LJ982
LJ 982
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ988
s/n LJ988
LJ 988
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Unspecified Oosterbeck, Arnhem 1944-09-20 to 1944-09-20
(SD) Sqn (RAF) Keevil
Market Garden
Stirling aircraft LJ 988 did not return from a re-supply operation over Holland.Warrant Officer E.W. Bancroft was also killed. Four RAF members of the crew, FS.s T.B. Cragg, C. Mabbott, A.J. Murphy, P/O. D.G. Benning and Driver (Dispatcher) AG. Neale were also killed. Driver (Dispatcher) A. Nye was captured POW
RAF crash reports, Operation Market Garden 1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Ernest Walter Bancroft 2024-11-06 1944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Donovan Geoffrey Benning 2024-11-06 1944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Terence Bowers Cragg 2024-05-10 1944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Cyril Mabott 2024-11-06 1944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Andrew Joseph Murphy 2024-11-06 1944-September-20 KIA BR Army Driver G Neale 2024-11-06 1944-September-20 PoW BR Army Driver A Nye 2024-11-06 1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 William Robert Tait 2024-11-06 
Stirling Mk. lV serial LJ991
s/n LJ991
LJ 991
Known Units: 570
last update: 2025-June-30
Transport Arnhem Netherlands 1944-09-23 to 1944-09-23
(T) Sqn (RAF) Harwell
Took off from Harwell on a re-supply operation to Arnhem, Holland.
Aircraft was hit by flak and crashed in flames at Heteren, near Nijmegen, Holland.Killed includes Flight Sergeant Cormier RCAF: Flight Sergeant Erle Mayne Milks RCAF; Flight Sergeant Harold James Stell RCAF; Flight Sergeant John McGarrie RAF; Driver Cyril William Lightwood RASC
Flying Officer Clifford Beck RCAF was seriusly injured in the crash.
The Wireless Operator, Sergeant Sydney Wheatley (1565788) RAF and Air Dispatcher Driver (T/2887003 RASC) survived the crash.
Anti-aircraft guns brought down a total of four 570 squadron aircraft this day.
1944-September-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Simon Pierre Cormier 2024-07-20 1944-September-23 KIA BR Army Driver Cyril Wiliam Lightwood 2024-07-20 1944-September-23 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant John McGarrie 2024-07-20 1944-September-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Erle Mayne Milks 2024-07-20 1944-September-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold James Stell 2024-07-20 Stirling Mk. lV serial LK116
s/n LK116
LK 116
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK118
s/n LK118
LK 118
Known Units: 299
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK121
s/n LK121
LK 121
Known Units: 570
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK126
s/n LK126
LK 126
Known Units: 196
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK127
s/n LK127
LK 127
Known Units: 620
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK131
s/n LK131
LK 131
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK133
s/n LK133
LK 133
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK151
s/n LK151
LK 151
Known Units: 138
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK195
s/n LK195
LK 195
Known Units: 190
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK198
s/n LK198
LK 198
Known Units: 138
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lV serial LK272
s/n LK272
LK 272
Known Units: 138
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial LK380
s/n LK380
LK 380
Known Units: ;90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK382
s/n LK382
LK 382
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK383
s/n LK383
LK 383
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK387
s/n LK387
LK 387
Known Units: 623
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK394
s/n LK394
LK 394
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK456
s/n LK456
LK 456
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK465
s/n LK465
LK 465
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK499
s/n LK499
LK 499
Known Units: 1653 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK566
s/n LK566
LK 566
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK594
s/n LK594
LK 594
Stirling Mk. lll serial LK616
s/n LK616
LK 616
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. lll serial MZ262
s/n MZ262
MZ 262
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3658
s/n N3658
N 3658
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3659
s/n N3659
N 3659
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3664
s/n N3664
N 3664
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3665
s/n N3665
N 3665
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3673
s/n N3673
N 3673
Stirling Mk. l serial N3675
s/n N3675
N 3675
Known Units: 1657 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3677
s/n N3677
N 3677
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3680
s/n N3680
N 3680
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3706
s/n N3706
N 3706
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3716
s/n N3716
N 3716
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3718
s/n N3718
N 3718
Stirling Mk. l serial N3727
s/n N3727
N 3727
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3755
s/n N3755
N 3755
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3756
s/n N3756
N 3756
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3759
s/n N3759
N 3759
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3761
s/n N3761
N 3761
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3762
s/n N3762
N 3762
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N3763
s/n N3763
N 3763
Known Units: ;218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial N6007
s/n N6007
N 6007
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6013
s/n N6013
N 6013
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6015
s/n N6015
N 6015
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6017
s/n N6017
N 6017
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6018
s/n N6018
N 6018
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6020
s/n N6020
N 6020
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6021
s/n N6021
N 6021
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6034
s/n N6034
N 6034
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6047
s/n N6047
N 6047
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6069
s/n N6069
N 6069
Known Units: 1651 CU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6070
s/n N6070
N 6070
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6072
s/n N6072
N 6072
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial N6073
s/n N6073
Y
N 6073
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Mannheim Germany 1942-05-19 to 1942-05-20
7 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Oakington
#7 Squadron RAF (Per diem, per noctum) RAF Oakington. Stirling I aircraft N 6073 MG-Y was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of the 8/NJG 4, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110. The Stirling crashed in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany
Pilot Sergeant F Tomkins (RAFVR) was killed in action
FS JH Watson (RCAF), Sergeant RG Brook (RAFVR), Sergeant J Fisher (RAFVR), Sergeant FG Fueggle (RAFVR), Sergeant BVG Lewis (RAFVR) and Sergeant E Townsend (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
1942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant John Reginald Brook 2022-10-27 1942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant James Fisher 2022-10-27 1942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Frederick George Fueggle 2022-10-27 1942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Bruce Vernon George Lewis 2022-10-27 1942-May-20 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Fred Tomkins 2024-07-10 1942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Eric Townsend 2025-03-04 1942-May-20 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant John Houlding Watson 2023-01-24 Stirling Mk. l serial N6075
s/n N6075
N 6075
Known Units: 101 Cflt;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6078
s/n N6078
N 6078
Stirling Mk. l serial N6083
s/n N6083
N 6083
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6087
s/n N6087
N 6087
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial N6088
s/n N6088
N 6088
Known Units: 15 CF;25
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial N6124
s/n N6124
N 6124
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. V serial PJ911
s/n PJ911
PJ 911
Known Units: 46
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9145
s/n R9145
R 9145
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9146
s/n R9146
R 9146
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9149
s/n R9149
R 9149
Stirling Mk. l serial R9150
s/n R9150
R 9150
Stirling Mk. l serial R9153
s/n R9153
R 9153
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9155
s/n R9155
R 9155
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9160
s/n R9160
R 9160
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9161
s/n R9161
R 9161
Stirling Mk. l serial R9162
s/n R9162
R 9162
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9166
s/n R9166
R 9166
Stirling Mk. l serial R9167
s/n R9167
R 9167
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9168
s/n R9168
T
R 9168
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Diepholz Germany 1942-12-15 to 1942-12-16
15 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Bourne
#15 Squadron RAF (Aim Sure) RAF Bourne. Stirling I aircraft R9168 LS-T, on an operation to bomb the airfield at Diepholz, Germany, was repeatedly hit by flak before being intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of 7/NJG 1 and shot down. The Stirling crashed into woods East of Gortel near Epe, Netherlands
Pilot Officer Emerson Harvey Kieswetter (RCAF), Pilot Officer Russell Neal Holmes (RCAF) , Pilot Officer Hugh Ernest Hill (RCAF)(USA), Pilot Officer Frank Severne Millen (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant Grantley Charles George Hutton (RAF) and Sergeant Robert Hugh McKillop (RNZAF) were all killed in action
Sergeant James Frederick Perring (RAF) survived and was taken as Prisoner of War
The Last Flight of T for Tommy by Harry Bouwman 1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Hugh Ernest Hill 2025-04-07
1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Neal Holmes 2025-04-07 1942-December-16 KIA RAF Sergeant Grantley Charles George Hutton 2025-04-07 1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Emerson Harvey Kieswetter 2025-04-07 1942-December-16 KIA RNZAF Sergeant Robert Hugh McKillop 2025-04-07 1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank Severne Millen 2025-04-07 1942-December-16 PoW RAF Sergeant James Frederick Perring 2025-04-07 Stirling Mk. l serial R9169
s/n R9169
R 9169
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Marlow Baldock 2025-03-23 1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Peter Bulanda 2024-11-23 1942-November-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Charles Denis Evans 2025-03-23 1942-November-10 KIA RNZAF Pilot Officer Herbert Adams Harris 2025-03-23 1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Laverne Howard 2025-03-23 1942-November-10 KIA RAF Sergeant Donald Frank Meade 2025-03-23 1942-November-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Henry Stone 2025-03-23 Stirling Mk. l serial R9185
s/n R9185
R 9185
Stirling Mk. l serial R9194
s/n R9194
R 9194
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9197
s/n R9197
R 9197
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Irven Mackenzie 2021-08-16 1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Mckenzie Murdoch 2021-08-16 1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Daniel O'Neill 2021-08-17 1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Obediah Powell OBE 2021-08-12 1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arley Henry Thiessen 2021-07-20 Stirling Mk. l serial R9199
s/n R9199
R 9199
Stirling Mk. l serial R9202
s/n R9202
R 9202
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9241
s/n R9241
R 9241
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9245
s/n R9245
R 9245
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9247
s/n R9247
R 9247
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial R9249
s/n R9249
R 9249
Known Units: 1657 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9250
s/n R9250
R 9250
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9253
s/n R9253
R 9253
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9259
s/n R9259
R 9259
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. I serial R9261
s/n R9261
M
R 9261
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-30
Bombing Stettin Germany 1943-04-20 to 1943-04-21
7 (PFF) Sqn (RAF) RAF Oakington
Battle of the Ruhr
339 aircraft - 194 Lancasters, 134 Halifaxes, II Stirlings. 21 aircraft - 13 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes, 1 Stirling - lost, 6·2 per cent of the force.
This raid, on a target more than 600 miles from England, proved to be the most successful attack beyond the range of Oboe during the Battle of the Ruhr. Visibility was good and the Pathfinder marking was carried out perfectly. 24 fires were still burning when a photographic reconnaissance aircraft flew over Stettin a day and a half later. Approximately 100 acres in the centre of the town were claimed as devas¬tated; much of this area comprised industrial buildings. German reports show that 13 industrial premises and 380 houses were completely destroyed. A large chemical factory was among the places where production was completely halted. 586 people were killed in Stettin.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
It all had begun on the evening of April 20, 1943. A major bombing operation was launched from bases in England against numerous German targets. Among the planes taking part in the raid was a Stirling bomber, M for "Mother", of the 7th Squadron Pathfinders. The plane had a mixed crew of men from the British Commonwealth: "¢ Flt. Lt. Charles Woodbine Parish Pilot R.A.F "¢ Pilot Officer E. R. (Bob) Vance Navigator R.C.A.F "¢ Flt. Sgt. J.S. (Jimmy) Marshall Bomb Aimer R.C.A.F. "¢ Flt. Sgt. Louis Krulicki Wireless Operator R.C.A.F. "¢ Sgt. Charles Farley Mid Upper Gunner R.A.F "¢ Sgt. Jack Lees Rear Gunner R.A.F "¢ Sgt. Donald V. Smith Flight Engineer R.C.A.F
Their destination that night was Stettin, and their mission was to locate the target area and mark it with incendiaries as a guide for the rest of their planes. They had an extra crew member that night, Squadron Leader Blake, a Canadian pilot who was new to the squadron and who was to accompany them on an orientation flight.
Their aircraft was damaged by flak on approach to the target and, unable to mark it reliably, they aborted and left the job to a backup plane. Heading back to England, they flew over the Baltic and the relative safety of the water. As they approached Korsor, they had to veer across land to avoid a flak ship in the Belt, but soon found themselves under attack by an ME 110 night fighter. After a burst of cannon fire set their plane afire, the order was given to bail out. Don Smith was the only one who managed to escape from the plane before it crashed into a farmer's field near Kongsmerk Denmark
source: Dave Smith,son of Donald V Smith
1943-April-21 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Wilfred Albert Blake 2024-11-13 1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis John Krulicki 2023-08-30 1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Stanley Marshall 2023-08-30 1943-April-21 Evader RCAF Major Donald V Smith DFM, CD 2022-12-29 1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Elmer Robert Vance 2023-08-30 
Stirling Mk. l serial R9262
s/n R9262
R 9262
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9263
s/n R9263
R 9263
Stirling Mk. l serial R9264
s/n R9264
R 9264
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
1943-February-02 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Parsons Bragg 2023-10-24 1943-February-02 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Robin Neville Benedict Brooker DFM 2024-10-12 1943-February-02 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 William Joseph Dempster DFM 2024-10-12 1943-February-02 KIA RNZAF Flight Lieutenant Barry Martin DFC 2024-10-12 1943-February-02 PoW RAF Sergeant Reginald Graham Newman 2024-10-12 1943-February-02 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Francis Quigley 2024-10-12 1943-February-02 KIA RAFVR Squadron Leader William Arthur Smith DFC, MID 2024-10-12 Stirling Mk. l serial R9271
s/n R9271
R 9271
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9274
s/n R9274
R 9274
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9275
s/n R9275
R 9275
Stirling Mk. l serial R9278
s/n R9278
R 9278
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9279
s/n R9279
R 9279
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9286
s/n R9286
R 9286
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9295
s/n R9295
R 9295
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9306
s/n R9306
R 9306
Known Units: 90
last update: 2025-June-30
1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Stenhouse Brydon 2024-11-23 1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Norman John Patrick Hartney 2025-03-18 1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Cuthbert Morton 2025-03-18 1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Willard Kennedy Rosenberry 2025-03-18 Stirling Mk. l serial R9310
s/n R9310
R 9310
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9312
s/n R9312
R 9312
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9316
s/n R9316
R 9316
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9318
s/n R9318
R 9318
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial R9321
s/n R9321
R 9321
Known Units: ;149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9326
s/n R9326
R 9326
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9328
s/n R9328
R 9328
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial R9356
s/n R9356
R 9356
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7436
s/n W7436
W 7436
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7438
s/n W7438
W 7438
Stirling Mk. l serial W7442
s/n W7442
W 7442
Known Units: 1651 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7448
s/n W7448
W 7448
Known Units: 7;15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7464
s/n W7464
W 7464
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7466
s/n W7466
W 7466
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7469
s/n W7469
W 7469
Known Units: 75
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7472
s/n W7472
W 7472
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
1942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Alwin Woodgate Bevan 2025-01-18 1942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Andrew Cadden 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Eric Douglas Calvert 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Gerald Bamford Granshaw 2025-01-18 1942-June-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Robert Heslop 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Nelson Parham 2025-01-18 1942-June-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Byron Adair Trapp 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RAF Sergeant Jack Herbert Williams 2025-01-18 Stirling Mk. l serial W7474
s/n W7474
W 7474
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7500
s/n W7500
W 7500
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Albert Archer 2024-11-02 1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Richard Armstrong 2024-11-03 1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Basil Sydney Brown 2024-11-21 1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Leslie James Harcus 2025-03-06 1942-June-03 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Sydney Victor Harding 2025-03-06 1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Frank Morgan 2025-03-06 1942-June-03 KIA RAF Sergeant Sydney Walstead Precious 2025-03-06 1942-June-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick Sanderson 2025-03-06 Stirling Mk. l serial W7506
s/n W7506
W 7506
Stirling Mk. l serial W7509
s/n W7509
W 7509
Known Units: 1651 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7512
s/n W7512
W 7512
Stirling Mk. l serial W7515
s/n W7515
W 7515
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7518
s/n W7518
W 7518
Stirling Mk. l serial W7520
s/n W7520
W 7520
Stirling Mk. l serial W7525
s/n W7525
W 7525
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7526
s/n W7526
W 7526
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7528
s/n W7528
W 7528
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7531
s/n W7531
W 7531
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling serial W7565
s/n W7565
W 7565
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7566
s/n W7566
W 7566
Stirling Mk. l serial W7567
s/n W7567
W 7567
Known Units: 214
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7569
s/n W7569
W 7569
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7573
s/n W7573
W 7573
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7576
s/n W7576
W 7576
Stirling Mk. l serial W7578
s/n W7578
W 7578
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7586
s/n W7586
W 7586
Known Units: 1657 HCU
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7611
s/n W7611
W 7611
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7613
s/n W7613
W 7613
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7614
s/n W7614
W 7614
Stirling Mk. l serial W7616
s/n W7616
W 7616
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7618
s/n W7618
W 7618
Known Units: 218
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7620
s/n W7620
W 7620
Stirling Mk. l serial W7628
s/n W7628
W 7628
Known Units: 149
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7630
s/n W7630
W 7630
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7634
s/n W7634
W 7634
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7635
s/n W7635
W 7635
Known Units: 15
last update: 2025-June-30
Stirling Mk. l serial W7637
s/n W7637
Short
W 7637
Stirling Mk. l serial W7638
s/n W7638
W 7638
Known Units: 7;149
last update: 2025-June-30