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 In the aftermath of the Second World War, the type was rapidly withdrawn from RAF service, having been replaced in the transport role by the Avro York, a derivative of the Lancaster that had previously displaced it from the bomber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 StirlingCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
Canadian Crewed (397)Stirling BF309
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-29 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Herbert Horace Fothergill Harker 2021-05-13 1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Allen Harp 2021-08-09Stirling BF310
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Cecil William Simmons 2021-07-30 1942-June-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth White 2022-01-11Stirling BF312
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-16 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Benson Locke 2024-06-19Stirling BF313
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Daniel Malofie 2021-08-14 1942-July-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest George Wilson 2021-07-07Stirling BF314
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;1651
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-28 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Ferdinand Koehn 2021-08-12Stirling BF320
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149;194
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Vincent Pickering 2021-09-29 1942-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert Spratt 2021-10-02 1942-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Keith Sutherland 2021-10-02Stirling BF322
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-05 KIA RCAF Sergeant Joseph George Beauregard 2024-11-10 1942-October-05 KIA RCAF Sergeant Mack William Watterworth 2021-07-10Stirling BF327
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Dennis Stanley Masur 2021-09-09Stirling BF328
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2022-11-28Stirling BF329
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-13 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Lester John Blackmore 2024-11-12 1942-August-13 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Donald Templeman Jeans 2023-08-09 1942-August-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Lee Sturgess 2023-08-09Stirling BF330
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Andrew Fleming 2021-08-06Stirling BF336
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Anthony Krause 2024-03-12 1942-August-25 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Douglas Mark Smith 2023-08-07Stirling BF337
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-05 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Smith DFC 2021-05-19Stirling BF338
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-21 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Isaac Charles Newell 2021-08-17Stirling BF346
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-29 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Robert Seayears May 2021-08-16 1943-April-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Greenhalgh Monk 2021-09-28Stirling BF347
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-09 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Clarence William Higgins 2021-08-10Stirling BF351
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Geoffrey Eaton Milligan 2021-09-23Stirling BF353
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Ernest Johnson 2021-10-04Stirling BF378
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Clarence Roy Long 2022-01-23Stirling BF379
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-12 PoW RCAF Squadron Leader Vincent Cronkite McAuley DFC 2023-07-18 1942-December-12 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ronald Whyte McGraw 2023-09-13Stirling BF386
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edward Albert Recchia 2022-05-23Stirling BF387
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-09 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Frederick Gordon 2021-08-07Stirling BF390
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-21 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Donald Cooper 2024-04-10 1942-October-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Ernest Flavelle 2021-01-04 1942-October-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Gledhill Winder 2021-01-04Stirling BF392
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Herbert Ekelund 2023-11-16Stirling BF399
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert James McWilliam 2021-08-17Stirling BF403
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Noel Charles Hornidge 2022-05-24Stirling BF406
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert John Thomas Lynn 2021-03-24 1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Campbell Stewart 2021-07-22 1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Howard William Traver 2021-07-15Stirling BF411
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Charles Monteith 2021-09-28 1943-February-19 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Duncan Elwin Seeley 2021-08-01Stirling BF415
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Douglas MacDougall 2021-08-16Stirling BF437
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Anthony Arlen 2024-11-02Stirling BF442
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Clifford Leigh Maunder 2024-04-22 1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles McKerns 2021-08-17Stirling BF448
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-14 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Lewis Lee Gladwin 2023-08-22 1943-February-14 KIA RAF Sergeant James Ernest Nicholls 2021-04-29Stirling BF450
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Matthews 2024-06-17 1943-February-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Ian Young 2024-07-12Stirling BF451
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-17 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer James Oscar Way 2021-10-02Stirling BF457
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson 2024-01-09Stirling BF458
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-31 KIA RAF Sergeant John William Gale 2021-08-07 1943-July-31 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ernest Frank Henry 2021-08-09Stirling BF462
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Richard Barnett Blake 2024-11-13Stirling BF467
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Alexander Ramsay 2024-06-12Stirling BF469
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-12 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Basil Carnell 2024-01-06 1943-March-12 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Alexander Carruthers 2024-01-08Stirling BF470
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-04 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Gordon Grange Wright 2023-08-19Stirling BF472
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Norman Hamilton 2021-08-09Stirling BF474
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Bertie Joseph August Bessette 2024-11-12 1943-April-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Kenneth Mark Piche 2024-03-14Stirling BF477
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-06 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Douglas MacNeill 2023-09-09Stirling BF478
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Wesley Evans 2022-01-31Stirling BF479
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Crysler Ferguson 2023-08-26 1943-May-14 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Howard Philip Fudge 2023-08-26Stirling BF482
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Quinton Johnson 2021-08-11 1943-May-24 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ralph Oakley Leonard 2021-05-13 1943-May-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Henry Neelin Lyons 2021-08-14Stirling BF483
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-29 KIA RAF Sergeant Robert John Cockshott 2024-03-09Stirling BF500
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Theodore Willson Foran 2023-09-24 1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Russell Roberts Stover 2023-09-24 1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lloyd George Vallance 2023-09-24 1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Dominic Bernard White 2023-09-24Stirling BF501
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James William Douglas Hoey 2023-08-23Stirling BF502
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-08 KIA RAF Sergeant Dennis Louis Noke Eggleton 2021-08-06Stirling BF505
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-04 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Wilbur Lewis Turner 2021-07-14Stirling BF507
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-30 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harry Sponsler 2021-10-02 1943-May-30 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Richard Walter Stanley 2022-01-03Stirling BF508
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-21 KIA RAF Sergeant Charles Dale McKelvie 2024-02-29Stirling BF511
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-26 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas James Froats 2021-05-13 1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Grant Patteson 2021-08-18Stirling BF512
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John William Cumming 2024-05-29Stirling BF514
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Emmett Jay Longstaff 2021-08-13 1943-April-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant David Eric Roberts 2021-08-08Stirling BF522
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Martin 2022-01-21Stirling BF523
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Wesley Morey 2021-09-28Stirling BF524
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-May-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Elburn Isles 2023-09-12Stirling BF525
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;1653
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-14 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Beverly William Matheson 2021-08-16 1944-January-14 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Andrew Nova 2021-08-17Stirling BF530
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-04 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Joseph Needham 2023-07-30Stirling BF534
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Thomas Smith 2021-07-28 1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ivan Samuel Thomson 2021-07-17Stirling BF571
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-12 KIA RCAF Sergeant Leon Wilfred Joseph Dawson 2024-10-05Stirling BF572
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-23 KIA RAF Sergeant Reginald Harrison Cramm 2024-05-12 1943-June-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Labiuk 2021-10-08Stirling BF576
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Theodore Lionel Bowlby 2023-10-22 1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Karcza 2021-08-11 1943-August-28 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Barnett Van-Toever 2023-11-30Stirling BF578
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-30 PoW RCAF Sergeant Bert Oscar Anderson 2024-11-02 1943-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Earl Clarence Bray 2023-11-01Stirling BF579
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Anderson Davie 2024-10-19 1943-July-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Victor Harrison Shea 2024-10-19Stirling BK592
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas Neale 2021-08-17 1943-March-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Allan Whitaker Sharpe 2021-08-01Stirling BK599
RMk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
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
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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 2023-05-20Stirling BK610
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-09 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Warren Walter Freeland 2022-08-24 1943-March-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lionel Louis Victor Toupin 2021-10-02Stirling BK611
UMk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2022-11-06Stirling BK614
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75 RNZAF
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Irvine Sydney Rothstein 2021-08-06Stirling BK617
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-05 KIA RCAF Sergeant Robert Colin Legge 2021-08-13 1943-February-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Wesley William Wilson 2021-07-07Stirling BK618
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-03 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Albert Edward Rey 2023-09-26Stirling BK620
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-18 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Kenneth John Atwell 2024-11-03 1942-December-18 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Kenneth David Glen 2023-11-06 1942-December-18 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Alden Lyle Magnus 2023-11-06Stirling BK646
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-15 Evader RCAF Sergeant J G F Sansoucy 2021-05-26Stirling BK648
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-04 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Leslie William Hunt 2024-02-27Stirling BK650
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-31 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class August Andrew Frederickson 2021-05-26Stirling BK655
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Roy Greaves 2024-07-22 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arnold Edwin Wyton 2021-05-26Stirling BK657
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-27 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Kendall Leeroy Bearnes 2024-11-09Stirling BK661
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Gedak 2021-09-25Stirling BK662
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alphe Baptiste Amirault 2024-11-02Stirling BK686
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Frederick McCleary 2021-09-09Stirling BK687
RShort
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-04-21 1943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frederick George Calway 2024-04-21 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Stanley Albert Driscoll 2024-10-28 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 2024-04-21Stirling BK692
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-02 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Raymond James Taylor 2023-08-13Stirling BK697
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-11-06Stirling BK699
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Campbell 2023-12-11Stirling BK700
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Carman Mackenzie Colquhoun 2024-03-23Stirling BK702
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Murdock Hugh Fraser 2021-08-06 1943-March-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William George Hoar 2021-08-10Stirling BK703
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Victor Howden 2021-10-02Stirling BK704
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-14 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant William George Marcel Olivier 2023-09-22 1943-May-14 PoW RCAF Sergeant Earl Eugene Warner 2023-08-17Stirling BK705
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert John Bryans 2023-09-03 1943-May-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Keith Lavon Garman 2022-08-27Stirling BK706
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-24 KIA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Bruce Leadbeater 2021-08-13Stirling BK709
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Henry Ellwood Budd 2024-05-17 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 2024-06-28Stirling BK709
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
Stirling BK716
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;218
last update: 2024-November-21
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/
1943-March-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harry Gregory Farrington 2024-06-15 1943-March-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw 2024-06-15
Stirling BK722
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;218
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2022-05-23Stirling BK723
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey McKitterick 2021-08-17Stirling BK725
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-17 Evader RCAF Sergeant W E Phillips 2021-05-30Stirling BK726
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-14 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Earl Forsyth 2021-08-06 1943-May-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Yvon Jean Baptiste Guepin 2021-05-30 1943-May-14 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Francis McDonald 2021-09-09Stirling BK759
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Miles Merritt 2021-09-28Stirling BK765
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas David Dixon 2024-10-22 1943-August-24 PoW RAF Squadron Leader John Jennings Edward Mahoney 2024-10-22Stirling BK769
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Lloyd Wallace Bartman 2024-11-09 1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Alfred Louis Foster 2024-05-26Stirling BK770
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-09 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Bertrum Augustus Moffatt 2021-08-16 1943-April-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Phillip Gordon Stuart 2021-07-21Stirling BK773
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Holden 2022-12-02Stirling BK774
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry Perry 2023-08-30Stirling BK776
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Allan Pirie 2021-08-14Stirling BK779
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Franklin Walter Mulvey 2023-07-29 1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lloyd Elmer Sibbald 2021-07-30Stirling BK784
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Philip Joseph McCrory 2021-08-17Stirling BK798
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-December-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Roddick Martin 2022-01-21 1943-December-20 KIA RCAF Sergeant Warren Michael Power 2021-08-12Stirling BK800
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Reginald Joseph Burke 2021-07-28Stirling BK801
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: ;620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 PoW RAF Squadron Leader Arnold Peer Philipsen 2023-08-01Stirling BK802
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Victor Keith Harris 2021-08-09Stirling BK806
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant David Randall McAllister 2023-09-11Stirling BK815
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Russell John Hunter 2023-08-26 1943-June-22 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Edward Allen Waugh 2023-08-17Stirling DJ973
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-25 KIA RCAF Sergeant Eddie Hester Brown 2024-11-21Stirling DJ974
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Campbell Parry 2021-08-18Stirling EE877
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald George Booth 2024-11-14Stirling EE882
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alfred Ross Dixon 2024-10-21Stirling EE885
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-11 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Edward Joseph Chalmers 2024-01-27 1943-August-11 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Stuart Reginald Fillmore 2024-05-26Stirling EE887
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-22 KIA RAF Sergeant David Gillis 2021-02-18 1943-June-22 KIA RCAF Sergeant Robert Ronald Law 2022-01-22Stirling EE888
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander Taylor 2021-07-20Stirling EE891
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Michael Costello 2024-04-25Stirling EE892
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Sergeant Archie Cleveland 2024-03-03 1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Clyde Dawson 2024-10-05Stirling EE895
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick Hamilton Bowcock 2024-11-16Stirling EE901
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gordon Edwin Dalton 2024-08-28 1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Lester Charles Schmidt 2024-08-28 1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick William Smith 2024-08-28Stirling EE903
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-31 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Franklin Middleton 2021-08-16Stirling EE905
Known Squadron Assignments: 620;626
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-31 KIA RCAF Sergeant Robert Charles Broadbent 2024-11-18 1943-July-31 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Lloyd Ian Dunbar 2024-10-29Stirling EE906
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Roderick Gerald MacDonald 2021-08-16Stirling EE909
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Edward Booth 2023-10-21Stirling EE911
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Reginald Campbell Gilbert 2023-12-15 1943-September-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Macdonald Stuart Gordon 2021-08-07 1943-September-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clifford Charles Maw 2021-08-16Stirling EE912
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Joseph Emmett Milner 2024-04-23 1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Joseph Ryan 2024-05-01Stirling EE937
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Bruce Dean Winders 2021-07-07Stirling EE938
XKnown Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-10-08Stirling EE946
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Russell Edwin Adam 2024-11-01 1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant David Scott 2024-05-01Stirling EE952
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Joseph Hoar 2022-11-26Stirling EE955
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Martin Bailey 2024-11-04Stirling EE956
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Henry England 2022-07-31 1944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Allan Wilfred Huppe 2022-12-20 1944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Frederic Graham Murray 2021-08-16 1944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Michael Wolowiec 2021-07-07Stirling EE957
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-March-04 Evader RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Burns Charters DFM 2024-02-07Stirling EE970
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-01 PoW RCAF Sergeant William Robert Case 2024-10-20 1943-September-01 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Melvyn Diebel 2024-10-20Stirling EF114
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Allen Nelson Kitchen 2023-12-15Stirling EF119
Known Squadron Assignments: 622
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Fred Moncrieff Carter 2024-01-11Stirling EF129
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Hugh Coles Macmillan 2021-08-17Stirling EF130
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Pennycook 2024-06-22Stirling EF137
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Ivar Larson 2023-08-30Stirling EF139
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2023-11-18 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer 2023-11-18 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Douglas McKay Wylie 2023-11-18Stirling EF140
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant George Reginald Burdick Roe 2023-10-22Stirling EF147
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-March-06 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer S L E Cox 2024-05-09 1944-March-06 Evader RCAF Flight Sergeant C W Walmsley 2021-05-31Stirling EF151
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-21 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gordon Chapman Munro 2021-08-16Stirling EF153
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Louis Sanderson 2021-08-04Stirling EF155
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-November-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Hartley Petch 2024-06-11Stirling EF158
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarence Milton Carr 2024-01-07Stirling EF159
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Stanley Glaister 2024-03-18Stirling EF162
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-13 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class George Beverley Howard 2021-05-26Stirling EF180
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-22 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Garfield Wallace Prior DFC 2021-08-12Stirling EF186
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-December-04 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Kevin Cyril Glinz 2021-08-07Stirling EF187
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Harold Mulligan 2023-10-11Stirling EF188
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Howard William George Fox 2023-10-04Stirling EF191
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-December-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarke Edward Quickfall 2023-08-28Stirling EF198
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Jean Paul Adrien Rodrigue 2021-08-08 1944-February-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Edward Stringer 2021-07-21Stirling EF201
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-November-22 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William James Dickie 2024-10-19Stirling EF209
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-17 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry William Robert Tufts 2021-07-14Stirling EF232
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-31 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer James Hubert Mason DFC 2021-08-16 1944-January-31 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Harry George Trueman 2022-01-03Stirling EF248
Known Squadron Assignments: 37;196
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Reginald Cuthbert Gibbs 2022-09-14 1944-September-19 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class J A Gordon 2023-08-23 1944-September-19 KIA RAF Sergeant Dennis Alec Matthews 2021-05-31Stirling EF263
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Stanley Breckels 2024-11-17Stirling EF268
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Frederick Barker 2024-11-09 1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Irvine Nathaniel Caskey 2024-01-17Stirling EF295
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit OBE, DFC 2023-10-04Stirling EF298
Known Squadron Assignments: 570
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Baker 2024-11-05Stirling EF307
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Alfred Joseph Long 2021-10-14Stirling EF330
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-12 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George William Miller 2021-08-16 1943-March-12 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Greaton William Jr Sellers 2021-05-31Stirling EF331
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric Harold Ingram 2024-03-14Stirling EF348
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-23 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2 John George Damboise 2024-08-31Stirling EF361
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Francois Exavier Gilles Berthiaume 2024-11-12 1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William James Hills 2021-08-10Stirling EF364
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Allan Leighton Forbes 2021-08-06 1943-July-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Dale Ernest Pushor 2021-08-11Stirling EF367
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-14 KIA RCAF Sergeant Scott Grover Cleveland 2024-03-03Stirling EF392
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-25 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Robert Morrison 2021-08-16Stirling EF394
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Elmer Atkinson 2024-11-03Stirling EF401
YKnown Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-08-25Stirling EF407
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harry Pritchard Shann 2021-08-01Stirling EF427
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-31 PoW RCAF Flt. Lieutenant Kenneth Arthur Banks 2024-11-07Stirling EF428
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-31 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Anthony James Gibbons 2022-09-10Stirling EF439
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Billie Albert Anderson 2024-11-02Stirling EF445
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-November-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Wilfred Sweeney 2021-07-21Stirling EF448
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Daniel Joseph Mullen 2021-09-23 1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Sergeant Douglas Alexander Ross 2021-08-06Stirling EF451
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Romeo Dominick Louis Vietto 2024-07-10Stirling EF452
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cornelius Alfred Brennan 2024-11-17Stirling EF453
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-November-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Peter Watson 2022-01-11Stirling EF468
Known Squadron Assignments: ;196
last update: 2024-February-19
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 2022-01-21Stirling EF469
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-05 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Lionel Howard Woodruff 2023-11-22Stirling EF497
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Pollitt 2021-08-13 1943-October-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ervine Eugene Spencer 2021-07-23Stirling EF498
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2023-12-13Stirling EF504
Known Squadron Assignments: 218;199
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Edward Sealy 2023-08-30 1944-May-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Murray Richard Bell 2024-11-11 1944-May-02 Evader RCAF Flying Officer S D Taylor 2021-06-02Stirling EH876
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Michael George King East 2021-08-05 1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ernest Sinclair Pollon 2021-08-13 1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon William Young DFC 2021-10-02Stirling EH882
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Roderick McNeil 2021-08-17Stirling EH883
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-24 PoW RCAF Sergeant Nathan Edwin Nathanson 2023-09-19 1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Ness 2022-01-19Stirling EH884
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Stanley Frank Chudzik 2024-02-20 1943-August-16 PoW RCAF Sergeant Walter Lindsay McKinnon 2023-07-22Stirling EH887
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Crawford Lamond 2021-08-13Stirling EH889
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Richard Douglas Tod 2021-07-17 1943-June-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Ernest Tod DFM 2022-06-07Stirling EH906
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-March-05 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Murray Morris Hoffberg 2023-07-13Stirling EH924
BMk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
Bombing Essen Germany 1943-07-25 to 1943-07-26
620 (B) Sqn (RAF) Chedburgh
Additonal Crew:
- Rathbone, J.D. (RAF) - KIA
- Wallace, J.H. (RAF) - KIA
- Wild, R. (RAF) - KIA
- Shepherd, J.F. (RAF) - KIA
- Wells, J.F. (RAF) - KIA
- Simons, A. (RAF) - KIA
1943-July-26 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Douglas Hildrith Castling 2024-01-20Stirling EH925
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Desmond Michael De Silva DFM 2024-10-08Stirling EH931
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-06 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Joe Henry Torrey Crozier 2024-05-22Stirling EH936
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Christopher Frederick McRae 2021-08-17 1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Turner DFC 2021-07-14Stirling EH937
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Lloyd Martin Stormer 2021-10-02Stirling EH941
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edward Mortimer Cole 2024-04-29 1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Lloyd Kenneth Raymond 2021-08-10Stirling EH942
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-23 Evader RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class A J McPhee 2023-04-06Stirling EH945
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-28 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant William Ewanko 2021-05-26Stirling EH952
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant David Francis Moore 2023-09-18Stirling EH955
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Mulligan 2023-08-30Stirling EH960
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-17 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Nolan Butts DFM 2023-09-16Stirling EH961
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-01 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant George Stanley (Hayden) Auld 2024-11-03 1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Phillips Pierce 2023-11-06Stirling EH986
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Alan Hadiken 2024-04-21Stirling EH990
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Thomas Carter 2024-01-13 1943-October-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Roy Gosta Helmer Gustafson 2021-08-09Stirling EH991
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 622
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Joseph Chandler 2024-01-29 1943-September-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph William Kenneth Hall 2021-09-29Stirling EH994
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Roy Vincent Bernard Knox 2021-08-12 1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Mcphaile Martin 2021-08-15 1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas James Muir 2021-08-16 1943-October-04 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Lloyd Webster Moore 2023-09-18Stirling EJ104
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur William Ward 2021-07-10Stirling EJ106
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-08 KIA RCAF Sergeant Robert Allan Barr 2024-11-09 1943-October-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John George McInnes 2021-08-17 1943-October-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Steels 2021-10-02Stirling EJ110
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-04 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 James Donaldson 2024-10-26Stirling EJ113
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 622
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-November-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Millard Leon Nesvold 2023-10-04Stirling EJ125
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Henri Paul Theriault 2021-07-20Stirling LJ444
Known Squadron Assignments: 1653 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-November-03 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Lawrence Edgar Eddie 2021-08-06Stirling LJ454
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-November-19 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Alexander Gourlie 2021-05-26Stirling LJ455
Known Squadron Assignments: 1653 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert David Poe 2021-08-13Stirling LJ483
Known Squadron Assignments: ;230;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-13 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant William Wright Campbell 2024-08-06 1944-April-13 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Leslie Allen Ralph Lowe 2024-08-15Stirling LJ501
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Robert McWade 2023-08-07Stirling LJ504
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Roy Woodside Lowther 2021-10-15Stirling LJ526
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Roderick Hugh Cameron 2023-12-09 1944-April-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Menzie Ronahan 2023-08-30Stirling LJ529
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-February-25 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Percy Hamilton 2022-10-05Stirling LJ536
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Duncan Campbell 2024-10-13 1944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon Joshua Dennison 2024-10-13 1944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Murray Kesselman 2024-10-13 1944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd George Langley 2024-10-13Stirling LJ586
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-October-28 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Stanley Harbor 2022-10-10Stirling LJ617
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Jack Alvin Thurlow 2021-07-17Stirling LJ621
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-06 Evader RCAF Sergeant J A W Nind 2021-06-04Stirling LJ814
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-March-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Duncan James Cameron 2023-12-08Stirling LJ819
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Francis Allan Boyce 2024-11-16 1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Harrison Clark 2024-02-25 1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class James Henry Munroe 2021-06-04 1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Theodore Henry Schrump 2021-06-04Stirling LJ822
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Stewart Hadley 2021-09-29Stirling LJ829
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Tom William Allen 2024-11-02 1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Donald Lorne Brouse 2024-11-20 1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Roderick James Matheson 2021-09-09Stirling LJ830
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-11-09 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 2023-09-25Stirling LJ832
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-February-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Emmett MacDonald 2021-08-16Stirling LJ841
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Kennedy Anderson 2024-11-02Stirling LJ850
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-18 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Percy Clasper 2024-02-29 1944-June-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Benjamin James Profit 2021-08-12Stirling LJ864
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert George Carrothers 2024-01-08 1944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Michael Galvon 2023-10-04 1944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Luke Anthony Higgins 2023-10-04 1944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ernest Cameron Oke 2023-10-04Stirling LJ878
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-August-06 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Gordon Fletcher Harrison 2024-02-03 1944-August-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Walter Nelson Irving 2024-02-03Stirling LJ880
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: ;620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-May-19 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Richard Owen Francis 2022-01-07 1944-May-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Keith Alexander Hills 2022-11-23Stirling LJ882
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Blake Gordon Foy 2023-10-24 1944-July-23 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Joseph Parker Vinet 2023-08-15Stirling LJ920
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ramsay Mckenzie Habkirk 2024-01-25Stirling LJ937
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190;140
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-May-11 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer Joseph Arthur Hay 2021-08-09 1945-May-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Henry Vanular 2021-10-02Stirling LJ942
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-April-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Albert McBeath 2023-08-30Stirling LJ943
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2021-07-09Stirling LJ982
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Jacques Fernand Gabriel De Cordoue 2024-10-07 1944-September-21 KIA RAF Wing Commander Graeme Elliot Harrison DFC, SS 2022-06-08Stirling LJ988
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
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 LJ991
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 570
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-07-20Stirling LK116
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-March-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Andrew Paul Bell 2024-11-11Stirling LK118
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Karl Benjamin Ketcheson 2021-08-12Stirling LK121
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 570
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Douglas Baker 2024-11-05 1944-September-18 KIA RCAF Corporal John Redmond Coleman 2024-04-29Stirling LK126
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class John Bruce McGovern 2021-08-17Stirling LK127
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond Joseph Lamont 2021-10-08Stirling LK131
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Paul Edwin McNamara 2021-08-17 1944-September-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Bruce Thompson 2021-12-13 1944-September-01 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Alfred Jerry Wallace 2021-07-20Stirling LK133
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 570
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Dallas Eugene Belt 2024-11-11 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Linton Arthur Sidney Hambrooke 2023-09-27 1944-July-29 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Myles Alphonsus Murphy 2023-09-27Stirling LK151
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-November-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Patrick McHale 2021-08-17Stirling LK195
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edwin Davis Hodgson 2021-08-10 1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Elmer Joshua Rusenstrom 2021-08-06Stirling LK198
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Peter Barnicke 2024-11-09 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Augusta Best 2024-11-12 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd William Nelson 2021-08-17 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Louis Alexander Ouellette 2021-08-18Stirling LK272
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-February-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Stuart Samuel Hagerty 2021-08-09Stirling LK380
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-November-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Morley Percival Loyst 2021-08-14Stirling LK382
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Walker Patrick 2024-02-21Stirling LK383
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-August-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Earl Stanley Cary 2024-01-16Stirling LK387
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-December-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Wilfred Kastner Sutherland 2021-07-21Stirling LK394
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Long Baker 2024-11-05 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer David Olaf Munson 2023-10-22 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Luder Keshishian Owen 2023-10-22 1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Vernon Frederick Wunsch 2023-10-22Stirling LK456
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-April-11 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Gilbert Alan Charlesworth 2024-02-05 1944-April-11 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer John D'arcy Langlois 2021-08-13Stirling LK465
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 1657 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-October-12 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Bertram Louis White 2021-07-09 1944-October-13 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Allan Russell Hall 2021-08-09 1944-October-13 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarence Cecil Stewardson 2021-07-22Stirling LK499
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 1653 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-September-12 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Norman Hector MacDonald 2021-08-16 1944-September-12 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Samuel Kellington McGuigan 2021-08-17Stirling LK566
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-May-10 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Navigator Lemuel Ernest Prowse 2023-07-23 1945-May-10 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Douglas Raymond Robertson DFC, CDGF 2023-07-23 1945-May-10 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Air Bomber Norman Leslie Roseblade DFC 2023-07-23Stirling LK594
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 1654 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-June-07 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Frank Donald Collinge 2024-04-29 1944-June-07 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Alvin Edward Lindenfield 2021-06-07 1944-June-07 KIFA RAF Squadron Leader James Swyers 2021-06-07Stirling LK616
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-August-27 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Clyde Brown 2021-07-28 1944-August-27 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald James McAllister 2022-01-20Stirling MZ262
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Wallace Moore 2021-08-16Stirling N3658
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-08 KIA RCAF Sergeant George Wilbert Jeffrey 2023-05-22Stirling N3659
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-13 KIA RCAF Sergeant Harry George Dickson 2024-10-20 1941-August-13 KIA RCAF Sergeant George Knowsley Henson 2024-10-20Stirling N3664
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Huntley Donald Brander 2024-11-17Stirling N3665
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Henry O'Neill 2021-09-29Stirling N3673
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers 2024-01-08 1942-March-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Andrew Cross 2024-05-20 1942-March-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Leonard Hartley Phillips 2021-08-14Stirling N3675
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1657 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1944-January-04 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Worthy James Kilpatrick 2021-08-12 1944-January-04 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry Thomas McDonald 2021-08-17Stirling N3677
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Byrd Van Buskirk 2022-01-14Stirling N3680
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Frederick Durban 2024-10-30Stirling N3706
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-30 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Merrill George Bailey 2024-11-04Stirling N3716
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-20 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer William Wiseman 2023-08-19Stirling N3718
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard John Anderson 2024-11-02 1942-July-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Ernest Magladry 2021-09-02 1942-July-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Reginald Frederick Noton 2021-08-17Stirling N3727
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Leslie Nellis Hodgins 2021-08-10Stirling N3755
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-06 KIA RNZAF Flying Officer Ralph Lonsdale 2022-01-23Stirling N3756
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-12 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Alfred Delorme McCausland 2021-08-17 1942-August-12 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick William Nixon 2021-06-07Stirling N3759
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Robert Bee 2024-09-06 1942-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Edwards Davidson 2024-09-06 1942-September-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Edward Land 2024-09-06 1942-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Douglas Probert 2024-09-06Stirling N3761
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Barrie Phillip Cardinal 2024-08-08 1942-June-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Michael Marks 2021-08-15Stirling N3762
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-20 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Mcdonald Mitchell 2023-09-17 1942-June-20 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Carmen Douglas Noble 2023-09-21Stirling N3763
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-02 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Thomas Duffy 2024-10-29Stirling N6007
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-28 KIA RCAF Sergeant Gordon Thomas Webb 2021-10-02Stirling N6013
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Gordon Elliott 2022-07-29Stirling N6015
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-29 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Patrick Grant 2021-09-29Stirling N6017
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-10 KIA RAF Flying Officer Cecil Victor Fraser DFC 2021-05-18Stirling N6018
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
Stirling N6020
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-25 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Everitt Allan 2024-11-02 1941-August-25 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Duncan Edworthy 2021-08-06Stirling N6021
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Walter Cameron Mackenzie 2021-08-16 1941-September-16 KIA RCAF Sergeant Frederick Charles Snead 2021-07-25Stirling N6034
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-08 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant George Stewart Edwards 2021-08-06Stirling N6047
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-13 KIA RCAF Sergeant George Joseph Goodwin 2023-08-08Stirling N6069
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1651 CU
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Horace Russell Kedwell 2021-08-12 1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Carson Stewart Ratcliffe 2021-08-11Stirling N6070
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-05 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Louis (Lou) Macafee 2023-09-06Stirling N6072
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-07 KIA RCAF Sergeant Allen Leland Bachelder 2024-11-04Stirling N6073
YMk. I
Known Squadron Assignments:
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2022-10-27 1942-May-20 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant John Houlding Watson 2023-01-24Stirling N6075
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 101 Cflt;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Richard Griffin 2021-08-09 1942-July-13 KIA RCAF Sergeant Thorstein Enevold Helgesen 2022-11-08 1942-July-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Frederick Hirst 2021-08-10 1942-July-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Leo Joseph Regimbal 2021-08-10Stirling N6078
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Simeon David Benoit Gosselin 2021-06-07 1942-June-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alan Harold Gudgeon 2021-08-09 1942-June-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Stelman 2021-07-22Stirling N6083
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Eric Pierce Wynn 2021-10-02Stirling N6087
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Paul Comroe 2024-03-25Stirling N6088
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15 CF;25
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-16 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry Laverne Johnson 2022-01-25Stirling N6124
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Kenneth William Byron Moodie 2023-11-17Stirling PJ911
Mk. V
Known Squadron Assignments: 46
last update: 2024-November-21
1945-March-24 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Gordon Couldrey 2024-05-01 1945-March-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Archibald Kenzie McMillan 2023-12-29Stirling R9145
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-02 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jack Maurice Lyall 2023-09-06Stirling R9146
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Raymond Gerard Brassnett 2024-11-17Stirling R9149
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2023-10-18Stirling R9150
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-30 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Andrews Fee 2021-06-07 1942-November-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby 2024-02-03 1942-November-30 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Maurice George Low 2023-09-05Stirling R9153
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Edmond William John Gilson 2023-09-14 1942-August-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Eric Courtney Patterson 2024-01-20Stirling R9155
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Reid Gray 2021-08-07Stirling R9160
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Henry Millen Russell 2022-01-18 1942-August-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Vincent Charles William Trowbridge 2021-07-14Stirling R9161
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-30 KIA RCAF Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian 2024-11-04 1942-July-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Richard Robert Graham 2021-08-07 1942-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph Leblanc 2021-11-09Stirling R9162
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-11 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Garnet Floyd Smith 2021-10-02Stirling R9166
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-14 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Joseph Cartmell 2024-01-15 1942-September-14 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harry Edward Orr 2021-08-18 1942-September-14 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph George Spouler 2021-07-23Stirling R9167
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-02 KIA RAF Squadron Leader William Roy Greenslade DFC, AFC, MiD 2021-09-29 1942-October-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Francis McIntyre 2021-08-17Stirling R9168
TMk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2022-10-30Stirling R9169
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Marlow Baldock 2024-11-05 1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Peter Bulanda 2023-09-15 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 2022-05-06Stirling R9185
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alister Godfrey Cumming 2024-05-26 1942-November-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edward Carl Kehl 2024-03-12 1942-November-06 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Joseph Charles Sheridan 2023-09-30Stirling R9194
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-03 Died RCAF Flight Sergeant Herbert Allenby Harris 2023-10-11Stirling R9197
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2021-07-20Stirling R9199
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Claremont Gale 2021-08-07 1943-April-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Alan Hamilton Jackson 2021-08-11 1943-April-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Leonard James Stewart 2021-07-22Stirling R9202
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Mitchell Wright 2021-10-02Stirling R9241
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Mcnaught Thompson 2021-07-17Stirling R9245
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-16 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Joseph Lawrence 2022-01-22Stirling R9247
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Fellows 2021-08-06Stirling R9249
Known Squadron Assignments: 1657 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-22 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Karl Riep 2021-08-08Stirling R9250
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edward McDermott 2021-08-17Stirling R9253
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Theodore Izzard 2021-10-02Stirling R9259
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Herbert Frederick Perrot 2021-08-16 1942-December-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alan John Wilson 2021-07-08Stirling R9261
MMk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
last update: 2024-November-21
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
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-22 Evader RCAF Sergeant H L McBeath 2021-06-09Stirling R9263
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-May-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Ernest Claude Hallding 2022-10-01 1943-May-01 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Louis Nutik 2021-08-17 1943-May-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Sobel 2021-07-25Stirling R9264
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2024-10-12Stirling R9271
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Boyd Courtney 2024-05-05Stirling R9274
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-04 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Richardson Knox Hempseed 2021-05-26 1943-February-04 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Robert Lincoln Torrance 2023-08-14Stirling R9275
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-11 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Eric Alexander Allen 2024-11-02 1943-April-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Philip Gustave Freberg DFC 2023-07-19 1943-April-11 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harold Earl Nesbitt 2023-07-19Stirling R9278
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-15 Evader RCAF Flight Sergeant D K Nolan 2021-06-09Stirling R9279
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-26 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Victor Henry Harris 2021-09-30Stirling R9286
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-12 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Harrington 2022-01-27Stirling R9295
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-11 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis Kowalski 2021-08-12Stirling R9306
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Stenhouse Brydon 2021-07-28 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 2021-08-06Stirling R9310
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon Willard Coldwell 2024-03-14Stirling R9312
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Ross Taylor 2024-01-25Stirling R9316
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-14 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Donald Elgin Browne 2021-05-26 1943-February-14 Evader RCAF Sergeant L Willis 2021-06-09Stirling R9318
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Max Louis Morelly 2021-09-28Stirling R9321
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Donald Lindsay 2021-10-12Stirling R9326
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-12 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Cyril Honeychurch 2023-01-29Stirling R9328
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-27 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant John Norman Harris 2021-05-26Stirling R9356
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Russell Thomas Joshua Collett 2024-05-17 1942-September-20 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant George William Findlay 2021-05-26 1942-September-20 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Martin Thompson 2023-08-13Stirling W7436
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-18 KIA RCAF Sergeant Walter Merrill Baker 2024-11-05Stirling W7438
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-29 KIA RAF Sergeant Frank Cecil Child 2024-02-14 1941-August-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Charles Francis Hart 2022-10-18 1941-August-29 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred Penn 2021-06-09Stirling W7442
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1651 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-26 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Francis Larry Flynn 2021-08-06Stirling W7448
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Thomas William Hare 2021-08-09Stirling W7464
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Sergeant Douglas Bernard Henshaw 2021-08-09Stirling W7466
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Maclean Murdock 2024-08-23 1942-March-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarence William Starrett 2022-01-03Stirling W7469
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-April-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Raymond James Barnes 2024-11-09Stirling W7472
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Alwin Woodgate Bevan 2024-07-29 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 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Robert Heslop 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Nelson Parham 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Byron Adair Trapp 2024-07-29 1942-June-21 KIA RAF Sergeant Jack Herbert Williams 2024-07-29Stirling W7474
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Leo Louis Joseph Farley 2021-08-06Stirling W7500
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
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 2022-04-08 1942-June-03 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Sydney Victor Harding 2022-04-08 1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Frank Morgan 2022-04-08 1942-June-03 KIA RAF Sergeant Sydney Walstead Precious 2022-04-08 1942-June-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick Sanderson 2022-04-08Stirling W7506
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-26 KIA RAF Sergeant David Holley Bird 2024-10-16 1942-April-26 KIA RAF Sergeant Percy George Detmold 2024-10-16 1942-April-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Reuben Millichamp 2024-10-16Stirling W7509
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1651 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-29 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Henry Victor Dufour 2024-10-29Stirling W7512
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Phil Clive Budd 2022-04-20 1942-April-27 KIA RAF Sergeant Clifton Hartman Johnston 2021-08-11 1942-April-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Handiside Thomson 2021-07-17Stirling W7515
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frederick James Kennedy 2021-08-12Stirling W7518
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-02 PoW RCAF Sergeant G E Williams 2023-10-03Stirling W7520
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Henry Bracken 2024-11-16 1942-May-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Irvine Frank Hoidas 2023-08-22 1942-May-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gerald John Patrick Kearns MiD 2023-08-22Stirling W7525
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Fernand Joseph Levesque 2021-09-23Stirling W7526
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Reginald George Blair 2024-11-13Stirling W7528
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ivan Lee Charbonneau 2024-02-03Stirling W7531
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Patrick Ryan 2023-08-30Stirling W7565
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-28 PoW RAF Warrant Officer William F. Carter 2024-01-15Stirling W7566
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Stewart Gunning 2021-08-09 1942-November-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert McMullin 2023-11-16 1942-November-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Short 2021-07-30Stirling W7567
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-24 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Brown Fleming 2022-08-14Stirling W7569
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Edward Clarke 2024-02-28Stirling W7573
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-21 KIA RCAF Flt. Sergeant Calvin Daniel Dixon 2024-10-21Stirling W7576
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-26 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Daniel Leon Evans 2021-05-28 1942-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Chisholm Fitzgerald 2021-08-06 1942-July-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Wilbert Andrew Shoemaker DFC 2021-07-30Stirling W7578
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Albert Birchall 2024-11-12Stirling W7586
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1657 HCU
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-23 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Raymond Henry Murdock 2021-08-16Stirling W7611
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Mcgee Palmer 2023-10-24Stirling W7613
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Donat Romeo Menard 2021-06-09 1942-October-01 KIA RAF Wing Commander Montagu Francis Baldwin Read 2023-08-28Stirling W7614
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Curtis Merrel McCann 2021-08-17 1942-December-17 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Borden Nault 2021-08-17 1942-December-17 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Henry Richard George Whittall 2023-08-17Stirling W7616
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Nelson Shumsky 2023-08-09Stirling W7618
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-18 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant Irven Granger McDaniel 2023-09-13 1942-August-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Ronald Fairbank Soutar 2021-07-23Stirling W7620
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;250;7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Cherniuk 2024-02-12 1942-November-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Mckenzie Martin 2021-08-15 1942-November-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Richard Springham 2021-07-23Stirling W7628
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-24 KIA RCAF Sergeant Leonard Joseph Barnard 2024-11-09 1942-October-24 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Adolph Antonio Siwak 2021-07-28Stirling W7630
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-September-11 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Irwin Dale Fountain 2022-08-21 1942-September-11 Evader RCAF Pilot Officer P G Freberg 2021-06-09Stirling W7634
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Henry Hansford 2021-09-30Stirling W7635
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alfred Theodore Kelley 2023-08-30Stirling W7637
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-January-15 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Paul Winstanley Manners Carlyon DFC 2024-01-05 1943-January-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Nelson Peck 2021-05-06 1943-January-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Peter Francis Pinder 2021-08-14Stirling W7638
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;149
last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-15 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Cecil Loughlin 2023-09-05PC — Ctrl-F
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