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 In the aftermath of the Second World War, the type was rapidly withdrawn from RAF service, having been replaced in the transport role by the Avro York, a derivative of the Lancaster that had previously displaced it from the bomber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 Stirling Stirling BF309, Mk. I
s/n BF309
BF 309
Stirling BF310, Mk. I
s/n BF310
BF 310
Stirling BF312, Mk. I
s/n BF312
BF 312
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF313, Mk. I
s/n BF313
BF 313
Stirling BF314, Mk. I
s/n BF314
BF 314
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF320, Mk. I
Stirling BF322, Mk. I
s/n BF322
BF 322
Stirling BF327, Mk. I
s/n BF327
BF 327
Stirling BF328, Mk. I
s/n BF328
BF 328
last update: 2025-March-10
1942-September-30 KIA RNZAF Sergeant Max Hilton Elliott 2022-11-28
1942-September-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert Bernard Lovett Flint 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 BF329, Mk. I
Stirling BF330, Mk. I
s/n BF330
BF 330
Stirling BF336, Mk. I
s/n BF336
BF 336
Stirling BF337, Mk. I
s/n BF337
BF 337
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF338, Mk. I
s/n BF338
BF 338
Stirling BF346, Mk. I
s/n BF346
BF 346
Stirling BF347, Mk. I
s/n BF347
BF 347
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF351, Mk. I
s/n BF351
BF 351
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF353, Mk. I
s/n BF353
BF 353
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF378, Mk. I
s/n BF378
BF 378
Stirling BF379, Mk. I
s/n BF379
BF 379
Stirling BF386, Mk. I
s/n BF386
BF 386
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF387, Mk. I
s/n BF387
BF 387
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF390, Mk. I
Stirling BF392, Mk. I
s/n BF392
BF 392
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF399, Mk. I
s/n BF399
BF 399
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF403, Mk. I
s/n BF403
BF 403
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF406, Mk. I
Stirling BF411, Mk. I
s/n BF411
BF 411
Stirling BF415, Mk. I
s/n BF415
BF 415
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF437, Mk. I
s/n BF437
BF 437
Stirling BF442, Mk. I
s/n BF442
BF 442
Stirling BF448, Mk. I
s/n BF448
BF 448
Stirling BF450, Mk. I
s/n BF450
BF 450
Stirling BF451, Mk. I
s/n BF451
BF 451
Stirling BF457, Mk. III
s/n BF457
BF 457
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF458, Mk. III
s/n BF458
BF 458
Stirling BF462, Mk. III
s/n BF462
BF 462
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF467, Mk. III
s/n BF467
BF 467
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF469, Mk. III
s/n BF469
BF 469
Stirling BF470, Mk. III
s/n BF470
BF 470
Stirling BF472, Mk. III
s/n BF472
BF 472
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF474, Mk. III
s/n BF474
BF 474
Stirling BF477, Mk. III
s/n BF477
BF 477
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF478, Mk. III
s/n BF478
BF 478
Stirling BF479, Mk. III
s/n BF479
BF 479
Stirling BF482, Mk. III
Stirling BF483, Mk. III
s/n BF483
BF 483
Stirling BF500, Mk. III
s/n BF500
BF 500
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF501, Mk. III
s/n BF501
BF 501
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BF502, Mk. III
s/n BF502
BF 502
Stirling BF505, Mk. III
s/n BF505
BF 505
Stirling BF507, Mk. III
s/n BF507
BF 507
Stirling BF508, Mk. III
s/n BF508
BF 508
Stirling BF511, Mk. III
s/n BF511
BF 511
Stirling BF512, Mk. III
s/n BF512
BF 512
Stirling BF514, Mk. III
s/n BF514
BF 514
Stirling BF522, Mk. III
s/n BF522
BF 522
Stirling BF523, Mk. III
s/n BF523
BF 523
Stirling BF524, Mk. III
s/n BF524
BF 524
Stirling BF525, Mk. III
s/n BF525
BF 525
Stirling BF530, Mk. III
s/n BF530
BF 530
Stirling BF534, Mk. III
s/n BF534
BF 534
Stirling BF571, Mk. III
s/n BF571
BF 571
Stirling BF572, Mk. III
s/n BF572
BF 572
Stirling BF576, Mk. III
Stirling BF578, Mk. III
s/n BF578
BF 578
Stirling BF579, Mk. III
s/n BF579
BF 579
Stirling BK592, Mk. l
s/n BK592
BK 592
Stirling BK599, Mk. l
s/n BK599
BK 599
last update: 2025-March-10
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 1st Class Jack Godding Cameron 2024-08-01
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 BK610, Mk. l
s/n BK610
BK 610
Stirling BK611, Mk. l
s/n BK611
BK 611
last update: 2025-March-10
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 BK614, Mk. l
s/n BK614
BK 614
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK617, Mk. l
s/n BK617
BK 617
Stirling BK618, Mk. l
s/n BK618
BK 618
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK620, Mk. l
Stirling BK646, Mk. l
s/n BK646
BK 646
Stirling BK648,
s/n BK648
BK 648
Stirling BK650,
s/n BK650
BK 650
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK653,
s/n BK653
BK 653
last update: 2025-March-10
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 BK655,
s/n BK655
BK 655
Stirling BK657,
s/n BK657
BK 657
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK661,
s/n BK661
BK 661
Stirling BK662,
s/n BK662
BK 662
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK686, Mk. lll
s/n BK686
BK 686
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK687, Mk. lll
s/n BK687
Short
BK 687
last update: 2025-March-10
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 BK692, Mk. lll
s/n BK692
BK 692
Stirling BK697, Mk. lll
s/n BK697
BK 697
last update: 2025-March-10
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 BK699, Mk. lll
s/n BK699
BK 699
Stirling BK700, Mk. lll
s/n BK700
BK 700
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK702, Mk. lll
s/n BK702
BK 702
Stirling BK703, Mk. lll
s/n BK703
BK 703
Stirling BK704, Mk. lll
s/n BK704
BK 704
Stirling BK705, Mk. lll
s/n BK705
BK 705
Stirling BK706, Mk. lll
s/n BK706
BK 706
Stirling BK709, Mk. lll
s/n BK709
BK 709
last update: 2025-March-10
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Henry Ellwood Budd 2024-11-23
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Matthew Mank 2024-06-05 1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harold Donald Oke 2024-06-22 1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Tancrede Robert Jean Roy 2024-06-28 Stirling BK709, Mk. lll
s/n BK709
BK 709
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK716, Mk. lll
s/n BK716
BK 716
last update: 2025-March-10
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 BK722, Mk. lll
s/n BK722
BK 722
last update: 2025-March-10
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 1st Class John Swan McDonald 2022-05-23 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 BK723, Mk. lll
s/n BK723
BK 723
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK725, Mk. lll
s/n BK725
BK 725
Stirling BK726, Mk. lll
Stirling BK759, Mk. lll
s/n BK759
BK 759
Stirling BK765, Mk. lll
s/n BK765
BK 765
Stirling BK769, Mk. lll
s/n BK769
BK 769
Stirling BK770, Mk. lll
s/n BK770
BK 770
Stirling BK773, Mk. lll
s/n BK773
BK 773
Stirling BK774, Mk. lll
s/n BK774
BK 774
Stirling BK776, Mk. lll
s/n BK776
BK 776
Stirling BK779, Mk. lll
s/n BK779
BK 779
Stirling BK784, Mk. lll
s/n BK784
BK 784
Stirling BK798, Mk. lll
s/n BK798
BK 798
Stirling BK800, Mk. lll
s/n BK800
BK 800
Stirling BK801, Mk. lll
s/n BK801
BK 801
Stirling BK802, Mk. lll
s/n BK802
BK 802
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK806, Mk. lll
s/n BK806
BK 806
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling BK815, Mk. lll
s/n BK815
BK 815
Stirling DJ973, Mk. l
s/n DJ973
DJ 973
Stirling DJ974, Mk. lll
s/n DJ974
DJ 974
Stirling EE877,
s/n EE877
EE 877
Stirling EE882,
s/n EE882
EE 882
Stirling EE885,
s/n EE885
EE 885
Stirling EE887,
s/n EE887
EE 887
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE888, Mk. lll
s/n EE888
EE 888
Stirling EE891,
s/n EE891
EE 891
Stirling EE892, Mk. lll
s/n EE892
EE 892
Stirling EE895, Mk. lll
s/n EE895
EE 895
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE901, Mk. lll
Stirling EE903,
s/n EE903
EE 903
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE905,
s/n EE905
EE 905
Stirling EE906,
s/n EE906
EE 906
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE909,
s/n EE909
EE 909
Stirling EE911,
Stirling EE912,
s/n EE912
EE 912
Stirling EE937,
s/n EE937
EE 937
Stirling EE938,
s/n EE938
EE 938
last update: 2025-March-10
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 EE946,
s/n EE946
EE 946
Stirling EE952,
s/n EE952
EE 952
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE955,
s/n EE955
EE 955
Stirling EE956,
s/n EE956
EE 956
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE957, Mk. lll
s/n EE957
EE 957
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EE970,
s/n EE970
EE 970
Stirling EF114,
s/n EF114
EF 114
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF119,
s/n EF119
EF 119
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF129,
s/n EF129
EF 129
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF130,
s/n EF130
EF 130
Stirling EF137,
Stirling EF139,
s/n EF139
EF 139
last update: 2025-March-10
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 EF140,
s/n EF140
EF 140
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF147,
s/n EF147
EF 147
Stirling EF151,
s/n EF151
EF 151
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF153,
s/n EF153
EF 153
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF155,
s/n EF155
EF 155
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF158,
s/n EF158
EF 158
Stirling EF159,
s/n EF159
EF 159
Stirling EF162,
s/n EF162
EF 162
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF180,
s/n EF180
EF 180
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF186,
s/n EF186
EF 186
Stirling EF187,
s/n EF187
EF 187
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF188,
s/n EF188
EF 188
Stirling EF191,
s/n EF191
EF 191
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF198,
s/n EF198
EF 198
Stirling EF201,
s/n EF201
EF 201
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF209,
s/n EF209
EF 209
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF232,
s/n EF232
EF 232
Stirling EF248,
Stirling EF263,
s/n EF263
EF 263
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF268,
s/n EF268
EF 268
Stirling EF295,
s/n EF295
EF 295
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF298,
s/n EF298
EF 298
Stirling EF307,
s/n EF307
EF 307
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF330,
s/n EF330
EF 330
Stirling EF331,
s/n EF331
EF 331
Stirling EF348,
s/n EF348
EF 348
Stirling EF361,
s/n EF361
EF 361
Stirling EF364,
s/n EF364
EF 364
Stirling EF367,
s/n EF367
EF 367
Stirling EF392,
s/n EF392
EF 392
Stirling EF394,
s/n EF394
EF 394
Stirling EF401,
s/n EF401
EF 401
last update: 2025-March-10
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 EF407,
s/n EF407
EF 407
Stirling EF427,
s/n EF427
EF 427
Stirling EF428,
s/n EF428
EF 428
Stirling EF439,
s/n EF439
EF 439
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF445,
s/n EF445
EF 445
Stirling EF448,
s/n EF448
EF 448
Stirling EF451,
s/n EF451
EF 451
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF452,
s/n EF452
EF 452
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF453,
s/n EF453
EF 453
Stirling EF468,
s/n EF468
EF 468
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 EF469,
s/n EF469
EF 469
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EF497,
s/n EF497
EF 497
Stirling EF498,
s/n EF498
EF 498
last update: 2025-March-10
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 EF504,
Stirling EH876, Mk. lll
Stirling EH882, Mk. lll
s/n EH882
EH 882
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH883,
s/n EH883
EH 883
Stirling EH884, Mk. lll
s/n EH884
EH 884
Stirling EH887, Mk. lll
s/n EH887
EH 887
Stirling EH889, Mk. lll
s/n EH889
EH 889
Stirling EH906, Mk. lll
s/n EH906
EH 906
Stirling EH924, Mk. lll
s/n EH924
EH 924
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH925, Mk. lll
s/n EH925
EH 925
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH931, Mk. lll
s/n EH931
EH 931
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH936, Mk. lll
s/n EH936
EH 936
Stirling EH937, Mk. lll
s/n EH937
EH 937
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH941, Mk. lll
s/n EH941
EH 941
Stirling EH942, Mk. lll
s/n EH942
EH 942
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH945, Mk. lll
s/n EH945
EH 945
Stirling EH952, Mk. lll
s/n EH952
EH 952
Stirling EH955, Mk. lll
s/n EH955
EH 955
Stirling EH960, Mk. lll
s/n EH960
EH 960
Stirling EH961, Mk. lll
s/n EH961
EH 961
Stirling EH986, Mk. lll
s/n EH986
EH 986
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EH990, Mk. lll
s/n EH990
EH 990
Stirling EH991, Mk. lll
s/n EH991
EH 991
Stirling EH994, Mk. lll
s/n EH994
EH 994
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EJ104, Mk. lll
s/n EJ104
EJ 104
Stirling EJ106, Mk. lll
Stirling EJ110, Mk. lll
s/n EJ110
EJ 110
Stirling EJ113, Mk. lll
s/n EJ113
EJ 113
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling EJ125, Mk. lll
s/n EJ125
EJ 125
Stirling LJ444,
s/n LJ444
LJ 444
Stirling LJ454,
s/n LJ454
LJ 454
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ455,
s/n LJ455
LJ 455
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ483,
s/n LJ483
LJ 483
Stirling LJ501,
s/n LJ501
LJ 501
Stirling LJ504,
s/n LJ504
LJ 504
Stirling LJ526, Mk. lll
s/n LJ526
LJ 526
Stirling LJ529,
s/n LJ529
LJ 529
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ536,
s/n LJ536
LJ 536
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ586,
s/n LJ586
LJ 586
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ617,
s/n LJ617
LJ 617
Stirling LJ621,
Stirling LJ814, Mk. lV
s/n LJ814
LJ 814
Stirling LJ819, Mk. lV
s/n LJ819
LJ 819
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ822, Mk. lV
s/n LJ822
LJ 822
Stirling LJ829, Mk. lV
Stirling LJ830, Mk. lV
s/n LJ830
LJ 830
last update: 2025-March-10
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 LJ832, Mk. lV
s/n LJ832
LJ 832
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ841, Mk. lV
s/n LJ841
LJ 841
Stirling LJ850, Mk. lV
s/n LJ850
LJ 850
Stirling LJ864, Mk. lV
s/n LJ864
LJ 864
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ878, Mk. lV
s/n LJ878
LJ 878
Stirling LJ880, Mk. lV
s/n LJ880
LJ 880
Stirling LJ882,
s/n LJ882
LJ 882
Stirling LJ920, Mk. lV
s/n LJ920
LJ 920
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LJ937, Mk. lV
s/n LJ937
LJ 937
Stirling LJ942, Mk. lV
s/n LJ942
LJ 942
Stirling LJ943, Mk. lV
s/n LJ943
LJ 943
last update: 2025-March-10
1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Otto Hjalmar Antoft 2024-11-02 1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Blair Herger 2022-11-12 1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Kenneth MacDonnell 2021-08-16 1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Leslie Innis Whitlock 2021-07-09 Stirling LJ982, Mk. lV
s/n LJ982
LJ 982
Stirling LJ988, Mk. lV
s/n LJ988
LJ 988
last update: 2025-March-10
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
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 LJ991, Mk. lV
s/n LJ991
LJ 991
last update: 2025-March-10
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 LK116, Mk. lV
s/n LK116
LK 116
Stirling LK118, Mk. lV
s/n LK118
LK 118
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK121, Mk. lV
s/n LK121
LK 121
Stirling LK126, Mk. lV
s/n LK126
LK 126
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK127, Mk. lV
s/n LK127
LK 127
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK131, Mk. lV
Stirling LK133, Mk. lV
Stirling LK151, Mk. lV
s/n LK151
LK 151
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK195, Mk. lV
s/n LK195
LK 195
Stirling LK198, Mk. lV
s/n LK198
LK 198
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK272, Mk. lV
s/n LK272
LK 272
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK380,
s/n LK380
LK 380
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK382, Mk. lll
s/n LK382
LK 382
Stirling LK383, Mk. lll
s/n LK383
LK 383
Stirling LK387, Mk. lll
s/n LK387
LK 387
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK394, Mk. lll
s/n LK394
LK 394
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling LK456, Mk. lll
s/n LK456
LK 456
Stirling LK465, Mk. lll
Stirling LK499, Mk. lll
s/n LK499
LK 499
Stirling LK566, Mk. lll
Stirling LK594, Mk. lll
Stirling LK616, Mk. lll
s/n LK616
LK 616
Stirling MZ262, Mk. lll
s/n MZ262
MZ 262
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N3658, Mk. l
s/n N3658
N 3658
Stirling N3659, Mk. l
s/n N3659
N 3659
Stirling N3664, Mk. l
s/n N3664
N 3664
Stirling N3665, Mk. l
s/n N3665
N 3665
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N3673, Mk. l
Stirling N3675, Mk. l
s/n N3675
N 3675
Stirling N3677, Mk. l
s/n N3677
N 3677
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N3680, Mk. l
s/n N3680
N 3680
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N3706, Mk. l
s/n N3706
N 3706
Stirling N3716, Mk. l
s/n N3716
N 3716
Stirling N3718, Mk. l
Stirling N3727, Mk. l
s/n N3727
N 3727
Stirling N3755, Mk. l
s/n N3755
N 3755
Stirling N3756, Mk. l
s/n N3756
N 3756
Stirling N3759, Mk. l
s/n N3759
N 3759
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N3761, Mk. l
s/n N3761
N 3761
Stirling N3762, Mk. l
s/n N3762
N 3762
Stirling N3763, Mk. l
s/n N3763
N 3763
Stirling N6007,
s/n N6007
N 6007
Stirling N6013, Mk. l
s/n N6013
N 6013
Stirling N6015, Mk. l
s/n N6015
N 6015
Stirling N6017, Mk. l
s/n N6017
N 6017
Stirling N6018, Mk. l
s/n N6018
N 6018
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N6020, Mk. l
s/n N6020
N 6020
Stirling N6021, Mk. l
s/n N6021
N 6021
Stirling N6034, Mk. l
s/n N6034
N 6034
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N6047, Mk. l
s/n N6047
N 6047
Stirling N6069, Mk. l
s/n N6069
N 6069
Stirling N6070, Mk. l
s/n N6070
N 6070
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N6072, Mk. l
s/n N6072
N 6072
Stirling N6073, Mk. I
s/n N6073
N 6073
last update: 2025-March-10
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 N6075, Mk. l
s/n N6075
N 6075
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling N6078, Mk. l
Stirling N6083, Mk. l
s/n N6083
N 6083
Stirling N6087, Mk. l
s/n N6087
N 6087
Stirling N6088, Mk. l
s/n N6088
N 6088
Stirling N6124,
s/n N6124
N 6124
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling PJ911, Mk. V
s/n PJ911
PJ 911
Stirling R9145, Mk. l
s/n R9145
R 9145
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9146, Mk. l
s/n R9146
R 9146
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9149, Mk. l
s/n R9149
R 9149
last update: 2025-March-10
1943-March-10 Evader RCAF Sergeant D M Cox 2024-05-08 1943-March-10 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Vincent Albert Fox 2024-04-13 1943-March-10 Evader Sergeant G R Howard 2022-05-06 1943-March-10 PoW Sergeant James Jennings 2022-05-06 1943-March-10 L Marsh 2022-05-06 1943-March-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank Morton Tomlinson 2023-10-18 Stirling R9150, Mk. l
Stirling R9153, Mk. l
s/n R9153
R 9153
Stirling R9155, Mk. l
s/n R9155
R 9155
Stirling R9160, Mk. l
s/n R9160
R 9160
Stirling R9161, Mk. l
Stirling R9162, Mk. l
s/n R9162
R 9162
Stirling R9166, Mk. l
Stirling R9167, Mk. l
s/n R9167
R 9167
Stirling R9168, Mk. l
s/n R9168
R 9168
last update: 2025-March-10
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 was repeatedly hit by flak before being intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7/NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+GR during a raid on the airfield at Diepholz, Germany. The Stirling crashed into woods East of Gortel near Epe, Netherlands
Pilot Officer EH Kieswetter (RCAF), Pilot Officer RN Holmes (RCAF), Pilot Officer HE Hill (RCAF), Pilot Officer ES Millen (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant GCG Hutton (RAF) and Sergeant RH McKillop (RNZAF) were all killed in action
Sergeant JF 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 2022-10-30 1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Neal Holmes 2022-10-30 1942-December-16 KIA RAF Sergeant Grantley Charles George Hutton 2022-10-30 1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Emerson Harvey Kieswetter 2022-10-30 1942-December-16 KIA RNZAF Sergeant Robert Hugh McKillop 2022-10-30 1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank Severne Millen 2022-10-30 1942-December-16 PoW RAF Sergeant James Frederick Perring 2022-10-30 Stirling R9169, Mk. l
s/n R9169
R 9169
last update: 2025-March-10
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Marlow Baldock 2024-11-05 1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Peter Bulanda 2024-11-23 1942-November-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Charles Denis Evans 2022-05-06 1942-November-10 KIA RNZAF Pilot Officer Herbert Adams Harris 2022-05-06 1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Laverne Howard 2022-05-06 1942-November-10 KIA RAF Sergeant Donald Frank Meade 2022-05-06 1942-November-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Henry Stone 2022-05-06 Stirling R9185, Mk. l
Stirling R9194, Mk. l
s/n R9194
R 9194
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9197, Mk. l
s/n R9197
R 9197
last update: 2025-March-10
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 R9199, Mk. l
Stirling R9202, Mk. l
s/n R9202
R 9202
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9241, Mk. l
s/n R9241
R 9241
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9245, Mk. l
s/n R9245
R 9245
Stirling R9247, Mk. l
s/n R9247
R 9247
Stirling R9249,
s/n R9249
R 9249
Stirling R9250, Mk. l
s/n R9250
R 9250
Stirling R9253, Mk. l
s/n R9253
R 9253
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9259, Mk. l
s/n R9259
R 9259
Stirling R9261, Mk. I
s/n R9261
R 9261
last update: 2025-March-10
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 RAF Charles Farley 2024-02-28 1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis John Krulicki 2023-08-30 1943-April-21 KIA RAF Jack Lees 2024-02-28 1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Stanley Marshall 2023-08-30 1943-April-21 KIA RAF Charles Woodbine Parish 2024-02-28 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 R9262, Mk. l
s/n R9262
R 9262
Stirling R9263, Mk. l
Stirling R9264, Mk. l
s/n R9264
R 9264
last update: 2025-March-10
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 R9271, Mk. l
s/n R9271
R 9271
Stirling R9274, Mk. l
s/n R9274
R 9274
Stirling R9275, Mk. l
Stirling R9278, Mk. l
s/n R9278
R 9278
Stirling R9279, Mk. l
s/n R9279
R 9279
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9286, Mk. l
s/n R9286
R 9286
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9295, Mk. l
s/n R9295
R 9295
Stirling R9306, Mk. l
s/n R9306
R 9306
last update: 2025-March-10
1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Stenhouse Brydon 2024-11-23 1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Norman John Patrick Hartney 2021-09-30 1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Cuthbert Morton 2021-08-16 1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Willard Kennedy Rosenberry 2021-08-06 Stirling R9310, Mk. l
s/n R9310
R 9310
Stirling R9312, Mk. l
s/n R9312
R 9312
Stirling R9316, Mk. l
s/n R9316
R 9316
Stirling R9318, Mk. l
s/n R9318
R 9318
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9321,
s/n R9321
R 9321
Stirling R9326, Mk. l
s/n R9326
R 9326
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling R9328, Mk. l
s/n R9328
R 9328
Stirling R9356, Mk. l
s/n R9356
R 9356
Stirling W7436, Mk. l
s/n W7436
W 7436
Stirling W7438, Mk. l
Stirling W7442, Mk. l
s/n W7442
W 7442
Stirling W7448, Mk. l
s/n W7448
W 7448
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling W7464, Mk. l
s/n W7464
W 7464
Stirling W7466, Mk. l
s/n W7466
W 7466
Stirling W7469, Mk. l
s/n W7469
W 7469
Stirling W7472, Mk. l
s/n W7472
W 7472
last update: 2025-March-10
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 W7474, Mk. l
s/n W7474
W 7474
Stirling W7500, Mk. l
s/n W7500
W 7500
last update: 2025-March-10
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 W7506, Mk. l
Stirling W7509, Mk. l
s/n W7509
W 7509
Stirling W7512, Mk. l
Stirling W7515, Mk. l
s/n W7515
W 7515
Stirling W7518, Mk. l
Stirling W7520, Mk. l
Stirling W7525, Mk. l
s/n W7525
W 7525
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling W7526, Mk. l
s/n W7526
W 7526
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling W7528, Mk. l
s/n W7528
W 7528
Stirling W7531, Mk. l
s/n W7531
W 7531
Stirling W7565,
s/n W7565
W 7565
Stirling W7566, Mk. l
Stirling W7567, Mk. l
s/n W7567
W 7567
Stirling W7569, Mk. l
s/n W7569
W 7569
Stirling W7573, Mk. l
s/n W7573
W 7573
Stirling W7576, Mk. l
Stirling W7578, Mk. l
s/n W7578
W 7578
Stirling W7586, Mk. l
s/n W7586
W 7586
Stirling W7611, Mk. l
s/n W7611
W 7611
Stirling W7613, Mk. l
s/n W7613
W 7613
Stirling W7614, Mk. l
s/n W7614
W 7614
Stirling W7616, Mk. l
s/n W7616
W 7616
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling W7618, Mk. l
s/n W7618
W 7618
Stirling W7620, Mk. l
Stirling W7628, Mk. l
s/n W7628
W 7628
Stirling W7630, Mk. l
s/n W7630
W 7630
Stirling W7634, Mk. l
s/n W7634
W 7634
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling W7635, Mk. l
s/n W7635
W 7635
last update: 2025-March-10
Stirling W7637, Mk. l
Stirling W7638, Mk. l
s/n W7638
W 7638
last update: 2025-March-10