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 In the aftermath of the Second World War, the type was rapidly withdrawn from RAF service, having been replaced in the transport role by the Avro York, a derivative of the Lancaster that had previously displaced it from the bomber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 Aircraft Losses (395)Stirling BF309
Mk. I
Stirling BF310
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
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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
À1942-July-16 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Benson Locke 2023-07-15Stirling BF313
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
À1942-July-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Daniel Malofie 2021-08-141942-July-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest George Wilson 2021-07-07Stirling BF314
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;1651
À1942-October-28 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Ferdinand Koehn 2021-08-12Stirling BF320
Mk. I
Stirling BF322
Mk. I
Stirling BF327
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
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1942-August-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Dennis Stanley Masur 2021-09-09Stirling BF328
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1942-September-30 KIA RNZAF Sergeant Max Hilton Elliott 2022-11-281942-September-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert Bernard Lovett Flint 2022-11-28
1942-September-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gerald Finnbarr McHugh 2022-11-281942-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 2022-11-281942-September-30 KIA RNZAF Flight Sergeant Stuart Daniel Wells 2022-11-28
Stirling BF329
Mk. I
Stirling BF330
Mk. I
Stirling BF336
Mk. I
Stirling BF337
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;214
1942-September-05 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Gordon Smith DFC 2021-05-19Stirling BF338
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1942-August-21 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Isaac Charles Newell 2021-08-17Stirling BF346
Mk. I
Stirling BF347
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
1942-September-09 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Clarence William Higgins 2021-08-10Stirling BF351
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Geoffrey Eaton Milligan 2021-09-23Stirling BF353
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
1942-September-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Ernest Johnson 2021-10-04Stirling BF378
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
1943-February-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Clarence Roy Long 2022-01-23Stirling BF379
Mk. I
Stirling BF386
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
1942-October-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edward Albert Recchia 2022-05-23Stirling BF387
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
1942-November-09 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Frederick Gordon 2021-08-07Stirling BF390
Mk. I
Stirling BF392
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1942-October-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Herbert Ekelund 2023-11-16Stirling BF399
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
1942-November-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert James McWilliam 2021-08-17Stirling BF403
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1942-December-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Noel Charles Hornidge 2022-05-24Stirling BF406
Mk. I
Stirling BF411
Mk. I
Stirling BF415
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
1943-February-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Douglas MacDougall 2021-08-16Stirling BF437
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Anthony Arlen 2023-07-28Stirling BF442
Mk. I
Stirling BF448
Mk. I
Stirling BF450
Mk. I
Stirling BF451
Mk. I
Stirling BF457
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
1943-February-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson 2024-01-09Stirling BF458
Mk. III
Stirling BF462
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
1943-April-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Richard Barnett Blake 2024-03-14Stirling BF467
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;75
1943-April-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Alexander Ramsay 2023-08-30Stirling BF469
Mk. III
Stirling BF470
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;15
1943-October-04 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Gordon Grange Wright 2023-08-19Stirling BF472
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1943-September-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Norman Hamilton 2021-08-09Stirling BF474
Mk. III
Stirling BF477
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1943-September-06 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Douglas MacNeill 2023-09-09Stirling BF478
Mk. III
Stirling BF479
Mk. III
Stirling BF482
Mk. III
Stirling BF483
Mk. III
Stirling BF500
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Theodore Willson Foran 2023-09-241943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Russell Roberts Stover 2023-09-241943-April-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lloyd George Vallance 2023-09-241943-April-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Dominic Bernard White 2023-09-24Stirling BF501
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1943-June-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James William Douglas Hoey 2023-08-23Stirling BF502
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1943-April-08 KIA RAF Sergeant Dennis Louis Noke Eggleton 2021-08-06Stirling BF505
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1943-May-04 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Wilbur Lewis Turner 2021-07-14Stirling BF507
Mk. III
Stirling BF508
Mk. III
Stirling BF511
Mk. III
Stirling BF512
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1943-August-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John William Cumming 2022-01-10Stirling BF514
Mk. III
Stirling BF522
Mk. III
Stirling BF523
Mk. III
Stirling BF524
Mk. III
Stirling BF525
Mk. III
Stirling BF530
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1943-July-04 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Joseph Needham 2023-07-30Stirling BF534
Mk. III
Stirling BF571
Mk. III
Stirling BF572
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1943-June-23 KIA RAF Sergeant Reginald Harrison Cramm 2023-12-161943-June-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Labiuk 2021-10-08Stirling BF576
Mk. III
Stirling BF578
Mk. III
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
1943-July-30 PoW RCAF Sergeant Bert Oscar Anderson 2023-11-011943-July-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Earl Clarence Bray 2023-11-01Stirling BF579
Mk. III
Stirling BK592
Mk. l
Stirling BK599
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
Bombing Kiel Germany 1942-10-13 to 1942-10-13
214 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Chedburgh
214 Federated Malay States Squadron RAF (Ultor In Umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling I aircraft BK 599 BU-R was coned by searchlights, struck by flak and attacked by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl Fleischmann of the 6/NJG 3, crashing near Felde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Only two of the crew of seven managed to bale before the crash
Davison, Phalempin, Dempsay, Cameron, and Murray had previously survived the ditching of #22 Operational Training Unit Wellington Ic aircraft X 9701 LT-D 1942-06-25 returning from an operation over Germany. They survived adrift in their dinghy for several days until picked by air-sea rescue until 1942-07-01
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
No 214 (FMS) Squadron RAF - Crews and Losses - Short Stirling
1942-October-13 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Jack Godding Cameron 2023-12-071942-October-13 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Ronald William Davison 2023-05-201942-October-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ronald Dempsay 2023-05-201942-October-13 PoW RAF Warrant Officer John Douglas Fitzgerald "Jack" Melrose 2023-05-201942-October-13 KIA RAF Sergeant Stuart Alexander Miller 2023-05-201942-October-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Douglas Murray 2023-05-201942-October-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gerard Francis Joseph Phalempin 2023-05-20Stirling BK610
Mk. l
Stirling BK611
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
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), Sgt RW Pittard (RAFVR) and Sgt P Arnott (RAFVR) were killed in action
Sgt EF Seabolt (RCAF) baled after the flak hit, survived and was taken as Prisoner of War
F/L BE Cooper (RAF), Sgt SJ Maxted (RAF) and Sgt 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 2022-11-061943-May-26 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant Brian Edward Cooper 2024-04-091943-May-26 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur William Edgley 2022-11-061943-May-26 PoW RAF Sergeant Sidney John Maxted 2022-11-061943-May-26 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald William Pittard 2022-11-061943-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
1943-August-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Irvine Sydney Rothstein 2021-08-06Stirling BK617
Mk. l
Stirling BK618
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
1942-December-03 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Albert Edward Rey 2023-09-26Stirling BK620
Mk. l
Stirling BK646
Mk. l
Stirling BK648
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-July-04 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Leslie William Hunt 2024-02-27Stirling BK650
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-August-31 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class August Andrew Frederickson 2021-05-26Stirling BK655
Stirling BK657
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-April-27 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Kendall Leeroy Bearnes 2023-10-15Stirling BK661
Stirling BK662
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-March-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alphe Baptiste Amirault 2023-07-26Stirling BK686
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Frederick McCleary 2021-09-09Stirling BK687
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: ;218
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
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Allied Losses and Incidents: All Commands
1943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Percy Barton 2024-04-211943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frederick George Calway 2024-04-211943-October-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Stanley Albert Driscoll 2024-04-211943-October-09 KIA RCAF Sergeant Douglas Bloom Fulton 2024-04-211943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Eric Rogers 2024-04-211943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Smalley 2024-04-211943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Albert Turner 2024-04-21Stirling BK692
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1943-March-02 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Raymond James Taylor 2023-08-13Stirling BK697
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arthur James Bagg 2024-03-161943-March-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Elmer Keith Matlock 2024-03-161943-March-08 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Archie Melrose Reid 2023-09-261943-March-08 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Jack Graham Ripley 2024-03-161943-March-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lester Mcbride Wadman 2023-09-11Stirling BK699
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-June-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Campbell 2023-12-11Stirling BK700
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Carman Mackenzie Colquhoun 2024-03-23Stirling BK702
Mk. lll
Stirling BK703
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1943-June-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Victor Howden 2021-10-02Stirling BK704
Mk. lll
Stirling BK705
Mk. lll
Stirling BK706
Mk. lll
Stirling BK709
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Henry Ellwood Budd 2021-07-281943-April-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Matthew Mank 2021-08-141943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harold Donald Oke 2021-05-281943-April-15 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Tancrede Robert Jean Roy 2021-05-28Stirling BK709
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
Stirling BK716
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;218
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 2022-09-281943-March-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Francis James McCaw 2022-09-28
Stirling BK722
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;218
1943-June-22 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Stanley Herbert Burrows 2022-05-231943-June-22 PoW RAFVR Flight Sergeant Fred Fawcett 2022-05-231943-June-22 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Herbert Hill 2022-05-231943-June-22 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Brian Kermode 2022-05-231943-June-22 PoW Died RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class John Swan McDonald 2022-05-231943-June-22 KIA RAAF Pilot Officer Donald Robert Rich 2022-05-231943-June-22 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Anthony James Small 2022-05-23Stirling BK723
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey McKitterick 2021-08-17Stirling BK725
Mk. lll
Stirling BK726
Mk. lll
Stirling BK759
Mk. lll
Stirling BK765
Mk. lll
Stirling BK769
Mk. lll
Stirling BK770
Mk. lll
Stirling BK773
Mk. lll
Stirling BK774
Mk. lll
Stirling BK776
Mk. lll
Stirling BK779
Mk. lll
Stirling BK784
Mk. lll
Stirling BK798
Mk. lll
Stirling BK800
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1943-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Reginald Joseph Burke 2021-07-28Stirling BK801
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: ;620
1943-August-24 PoW RAF Squadron Leader Arnold Peer Philipsen 2023-08-01Stirling BK802
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1943-October-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Victor Keith Harris 2021-08-09Stirling BK806
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
1943-August-28 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant David Randall McAllister 2023-09-11Stirling BK815
Mk. lll
Stirling DJ973
Mk. l
Stirling DJ974
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1942-June-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Campbell Parry 2021-08-18Stirling EE877
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald George Booth 2021-09-04Stirling EE882
Stirling EE885
Stirling EE887
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
1943-June-22 KIA RAF Sergeant David Gillis 2021-02-181943-June-22 KIA RCAF Sergeant Robert Ronald Law 2022-01-22Stirling EE888
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander Taylor 2021-07-20Stirling EE891
Stirling EE892
Mk. lll
Stirling EE895
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-July-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick Hamilton Bowcock 2021-07-27Stirling EE901
Mk. lll
Stirling EE903
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-August-31 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Franklin Middleton 2021-08-16Stirling EE905
Stirling EE906
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1943-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Roderick Gerald MacDonald 2021-08-16Stirling EE909
Stirling EE911
Stirling EE912
Stirling EE937
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-September-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Bruce Dean Winders 2021-07-07Stirling EE938
Stirling EE946
Stirling EE952
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-September-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Joseph Hoar 2022-11-26Stirling EE955
Stirling EE956
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
1944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Henry England 2022-07-311944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Allan Wilfred Huppe 2022-12-201944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Frederic Graham Murray 2021-08-161944-May-17 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Michael Wolowiec 2021-07-07Stirling EE957
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
1944-March-04 Evader RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Burns Charters DFM 2024-02-07Stirling EE970
Stirling EF114
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
1943-September-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Allen Nelson Kitchen 2023-12-15Stirling EF119
Known Squadron Assignments: 622
1943-September-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Fred Moncrieff Carter 2024-01-11Stirling EF129
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-September-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Hugh Coles Macmillan 2021-08-17Stirling EF130
Stirling EF137
Stirling EF139
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-September-22 PoW RCAF Sergeant Arnold William Baker 2023-10-101943-September-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond Frederick Eberle 2023-11-181943-September-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George McGowan King 2023-11-181943-September-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Vincent Spencer 2023-11-181943-September-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Douglas McKay Wylie 2023-11-18Stirling EF140
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant George Reginald Burdick Roe 2023-10-22Stirling EF147
Stirling EF151
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
1944-January-21 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gordon Chapman Munro 2021-08-16Stirling EF153
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
1944-February-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Louis Sanderson 2021-08-04Stirling EF155
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
1943-November-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Hartley Petch 2021-08-16Stirling EF158
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarence Milton Carr 2024-01-07Stirling EF159
Stirling EF162
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1944-April-13 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class George Beverley Howard 2021-05-26Stirling EF180
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1944-January-22 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Garfield Wallace Prior DFC 2021-08-12Stirling EF186
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
1944-December-04 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Kevin Cyril Glinz 2021-08-07Stirling EF187
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1944-February-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Harold Mulligan 2023-10-11Stirling EF188
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1944-June-24 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Howard William George Fox 2023-10-04Stirling EF191
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-December-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarke Edward Quickfall 2023-08-28Stirling EF198
Stirling EF201
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
1944-November-22 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William James Dickie 2021-08-04Stirling EF209
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
1944-June-17 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry William Robert Tufts 2021-07-14Stirling EF232
Stirling EF248
Stirling EF263
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
1944-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Stanley Breckels 2022-04-13Stirling EF268
Stirling EF295
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Wilmot Reginald Pettit OBE, DFC 2023-10-04Stirling EF298
Stirling EF307
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1944-February-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Alfred Joseph Long 2021-10-14Stirling EF330
Stirling EF331
Stirling EF348
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-June-23 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John George Damboise 2021-05-26Stirling EF361
Stirling EF364
Stirling EF367
Stirling EF392
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1943-June-25 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Robert Morrison 2021-08-16Stirling EF394
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1943-July-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Elmer Atkinson 2023-11-14Stirling EF401
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-September-01 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Walter Dales 2023-06-22Stirling EF407
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-July-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harry Pritchard Shann 2021-08-01Stirling EF427
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-July-31 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Arthur Banks 2023-11-20Stirling EF428
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-July-31 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Anthony James Gibbons 2022-09-10Stirling EF439
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Billie Albert Anderson 2024-05-06Stirling EF445
Stirling EF448
Stirling EF451
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Romeo Dominick Louis Vietto 2021-07-13Stirling EF452
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-August-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cornelius Alfred Brennan 2023-07-15Stirling EF453
Stirling EF468
Known Squadron Assignments: ;196
2022-01-21
1944-February-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Calvert Hamilton Hunter 2022-01-211944-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Lysons 2022-01-211944-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Duncan Malcolm McCannell 2022-01-211944-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant John Edward Sawford 2022-01-211944-February-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Arthur Simpson 2022-01-211944-February-20 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Patrick William Sullivan 2022-01-21Stirling EF469
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
2021-06-02
1944-February-05 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Lionel Howard Woodruff 2023-11-22Stirling EF497
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
2021-06-02
1943-October-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth William Pollitt 2021-08-13
1943-October-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Omond Spence 2021-07-231943-October-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ervine Eugene Spencer 2021-07-23Stirling EF498
Known Squadron Assignments: 1660 HCU
1944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Leslie Burman 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Neville Hugh Banning Garrity 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Peter Bartley Illingworth 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Pilot Officer Archibald MacPherson Lees 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Thomas Mitchell 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Michael Patrick O'Keefe 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant John Edward Rowley 2021-10-181944-April-22 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Albert Louis Stoneham 2023-12-13Stirling EF504
Stirling EH876
Mk. lll
Stirling EH882
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-June-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Roderick McNeil 2021-08-17Stirling EH883
Stirling EH884
Mk. lll
Stirling EH887
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-May-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Crawford Lamond 2021-08-13Stirling EH889
Mk. lll
Stirling EH906
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1944-March-05 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Murray Morris Hoffberg 2023-07-13Stirling EH924
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
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
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Desmond Michael De Silva DFM 2024-01-09Stirling EH931
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1943-September-06 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Joe Henry Torrey Crozier 2021-05-26Stirling EH936
Mk. lll
Stirling EH937
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Lloyd Martin Stormer 2021-10-02Stirling EH941
Mk. lll
Stirling EH942
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1944-April-23 Evader RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class A J McPhee 2023-04-06Stirling EH945
Mk. lll
Stirling EH952
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
1943-August-24 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant David Francis Moore 2023-09-18Stirling EH955
Mk. lll
Stirling EH960
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
1943-October-17 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Nolan Butts DFM 2023-09-16Stirling EH961
Mk. lll
Stirling EH986
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-August-24 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Alan Hadiken 2024-04-21Stirling EH990
Mk. lll
Stirling EH991
Mk. lll
Stirling EH994
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
1943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Roy Vincent Bernard Knox 2021-08-121943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Mcphaile Martin 2021-08-151943-October-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas James Muir 2021-08-161943-October-04 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Lloyd Webster Moore 2023-09-18Stirling EJ104
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1943-September-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur William Ward 2021-07-10Stirling EJ106
Mk. lll
Stirling EJ110
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
1944-February-04 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Donaldson 2023-12-17Stirling EJ113
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 622
1943-November-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Millard Leon Nesvold 2023-10-04Stirling EJ125
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1944-February-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Henri Paul Theriault 2021-07-20Stirling LJ444
Known Squadron Assignments: 1653 HCU
1944-November-03 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Lawrence Edgar Eddie 2021-08-06Stirling LJ454
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
1943-November-19 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Alexander Gourlie 2021-05-26Stirling LJ455
Known Squadron Assignments: 1653 HCU
1944-January-20 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert David Poe 2021-08-13Stirling LJ483
Stirling LJ501
Stirling LJ504
Stirling LJ526
Mk. lll
Stirling LJ529
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
1944-February-25 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Percy Hamilton 2022-10-05Stirling LJ536
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
1944-September-16 Survived RCAF Pilot Officer James Duncan Campbell 2023-12-131944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon Joshua Dennison 2024-01-091944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Murray Kesselman 2021-08-121944-September-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd George Langley 2021-08-13Stirling LJ586
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
1944-October-28 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Norman Stanley Harbor 2022-10-10Stirling LJ617
Known Squadron Assignments: 199
1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Jack Alvin Thurlow 2021-07-17Stirling LJ621
Stirling LJ814
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
1944-March-26 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Duncan James Cameron 2023-12-08Stirling LJ819
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Francis Allan Boyce 2023-08-261944-June-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Harrison Clark 2024-02-251944-June-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class James Henry Munroe 2021-06-041944-June-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Theodore Henry Schrump 2021-06-04Stirling LJ822
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
1944-April-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Stewart Hadley 2021-09-29Stirling LJ829
Mk. lV
Stirling LJ830
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
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 2023-11-221944-September-21 KIA Army Sydney L Churchyard 2024-02-211944-September-21 Evader RAFVR Sergeant Thomas Haig 2023-09-251944-September-21 Evader RAFVR Warrant Officer Clifford C King 2023-09-251944-September-21 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Harold Morris MacLeod 2023-09-251944-September-21 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Ralph Newton 2023-09-251944-September-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Russell Thomas 2023-09-25Stirling LJ832
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
1945-February-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Emmett MacDonald 2021-08-16Stirling LJ841
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
1944-June-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Kennedy Anderson 2023-12-15Stirling LJ850
Mk. lV
Stirling LJ864
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert George Carrothers 2024-01-081944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Michael Galvon 2023-10-041944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Luke Anthony Higgins 2023-10-041944-July-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ernest Cameron Oke 2023-10-04Stirling LJ878
Mk. lV
Stirling LJ880
Mk. lV
Stirling LJ882
Stirling LJ920
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1944-August-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ramsay Mckenzie Habkirk 2024-01-25Stirling LJ937
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190;140
1945-May-11 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer Joseph Arthur Hay 2021-08-091945-May-11 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Henry Vanular 2021-10-02Stirling LJ942
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
1945-April-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Albert McBeath 2023-08-30Stirling LJ943
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 190
1944-September-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Otto Hjalmar Antoft 2021-12-301944-September-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Blair Herger 2022-11-121944-September-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Kenneth MacDonnell 2021-08-161944-September-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Leslie Innis Whitlock 2021-07-09Stirling LJ982
Mk. lV
Stirling LJ988
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
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. WO 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 Garden1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Ernest Walter Bancroft 2024-04-101944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Donovan Geoffrey Benning 2024-04-101944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Terence Bowers Cragg 2024-04-101944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Cyril Mabott 2024-04-101944-September-20 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Andrew Joseph Murphy 2024-04-101944-September-20 KIA BR Army Driver G Neale 2024-04-201944-September-20 PoW BR Army Driver A Nye 2024-04-201944-September-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class William Robert Tait 2024-04-10
Stirling LJ991
Mk. lV
Stirling LK116
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1945-March-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Andrew Paul Bell 2021-08-28Stirling LK118
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 299
1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Karl Benjamin Ketcheson 2021-08-12Stirling LK121
Mk. lV
Stirling LK126
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 196
1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class John Bruce McGovern 2021-08-17Stirling LK127
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 620
1944-September-20 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond Joseph Lamont 2021-10-08Stirling LK131
Mk. lV
Stirling LK133
Mk. lV
Stirling LK151
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
1944-November-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Patrick McHale 2021-08-17Stirling LK195
Mk. lV
Stirling LK198
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Peter Barnicke 2023-08-051944-November-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Augusta Best 2023-08-181944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd William Nelson 2021-08-171944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Louis Alexander Ouellette 2021-08-18Stirling LK272
Mk. lV
Known Squadron Assignments: 138
1945-February-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Stuart Samuel Hagerty 2021-08-09Stirling LK380
Known Squadron Assignments: ;90
1943-November-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Morley Percival Loyst 2021-08-14Stirling LK382
Mk. lll
Stirling LK383
Mk. lll
Stirling LK387
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 623
1943-December-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Wilfred Kastner Sutherland 2021-07-21Stirling LK394
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Long Baker 2023-10-221944-June-25 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer David Olaf Munson 2023-10-221944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Luder Keshishian Owen 2023-10-221944-June-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Vernon Frederick Wunsch 2023-10-22Stirling LK456
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 1661 HCU
1944-April-11 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Gilbert Alan Charlesworth 2024-02-051944-April-11 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer John D'arcy Langlois 2021-08-13Stirling LK465
Mk. lll
Stirling LK499
Mk. lll
Stirling LK566
Mk. lll
Stirling LK594
Mk. lll
Stirling LK616
Mk. lll
Stirling MZ262
Mk. lll
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class George Wallace Moore 2021-08-16Stirling N3658
Mk. l
Stirling N3659
Mk. l
Stirling N3664
Mk. l
Stirling N3665
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1941-December-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Henry O'Neill 2021-09-29Stirling N3673
Mk. l
Stirling N3675
Mk. l
Stirling N3677
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1941-November-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Byrd Van Buskirk 2022-01-14Stirling N3680
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1941-December-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Frederick Durban 2021-08-04Stirling N3706
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-June-30 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Merrill George Bailey 2023-11-15Stirling N3716
Mk. l
Stirling N3718
Mk. l
Stirling N3727
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-April-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Leslie Nellis Hodgins 2021-08-10Stirling N3755
Mk. l
Stirling N3756
Mk. l
Stirling N3759
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Robert Bee 2023-08-151942-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Edwards Davidson 2021-06-071942-September-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Edward Land 2022-01-221942-September-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Douglas Probert 2021-06-07Stirling N3761
Mk. l
Stirling N3762
Mk. l
Stirling N3763
Mk. l
Stirling N6007
Stirling N6013
Mk. l
Stirling N6015
Mk. l
Stirling N6017
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
1941-July-10 KIA RAF Flying Officer Cecil Victor Fraser DFC 2021-05-18Stirling N6018
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
Stirling N6020
Mk. l
Stirling N6021
Mk. l
Stirling N6034
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1941-July-08 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant George Stewart Edwards 2021-08-06Stirling N6047
Mk. l
Stirling N6069
Mk. l
Stirling N6070
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1942-May-05 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Louis (Lou) Macafee 2023-09-06Stirling N6072
Mk. l
Stirling N6073
Mk. I
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 Sgt F Tomkins (RAFVR) was killed in action
FS JH Watson (RCAF), Sgt RG Brook (RAFVR), Sgt J Fisher (RAFVR), Sgt FG Fueggle (RAFVR), Sgt BVG Lewis (RAFVR) and Sgt E Townsend (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War
1942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant John Reginald Brook 2022-10-271942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant James Fisher 2022-10-271942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Frederick George Fueggle 2022-10-271942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Bruce Vernon George Lewis 2022-10-271942-May-20 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Fred Tomkins 2022-10-301942-May-20 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Eric Townsend 2022-10-271942-May-20 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant John Houlding Watson 2023-01-24Stirling N6075
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 101 Cflt;7
1942-July-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Richard Griffin 2021-08-091942-July-13 KIA RCAF Sergeant Thorstein Enevold Helgesen 2022-11-081942-July-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Frederick Hirst 2021-08-101942-July-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Leo Joseph Regimbal 2021-08-10Stirling N6078
Mk. l
Stirling N6083
Mk. l
Stirling N6087
Mk. l
Stirling N6088
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15 CF;25
1942-June-16 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry Laverne Johnson 2022-01-25Stirling N6124
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1942-May-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Kenneth William Byron Moodie 2023-11-17Stirling PJ911
Mk. V
Stirling R9145
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-March-02 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Jack Maurice Lyall 2023-09-06Stirling R9146
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1942-October-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Raymond Gerard Brassnett 2021-06-07Stirling R9149
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1943-March-10 Evader RCAF Sergeant D M Cox 2024-05-081943-March-10 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Vincent Albert Fox 2024-04-131943-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
Stirling R9153
Mk. l
Stirling R9155
Mk. l
Stirling R9160
Mk. l
Stirling R9161
Mk. l
Stirling R9162
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1942-August-11 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Garnet Floyd Smith 2021-10-02Stirling R9166
Mk. l
Stirling R9167
Mk. l
Stirling R9168
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
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
P/O EH Kieswetter (RCAF), P/O RN Holmes (RCAF), P/O HE Hill (RCAF), P/O ES Millen (RCAF)(USA), Sgt GCG Hutton (RAF) and Sgt RH McKillop (RNZAF) were all killed in action
Sgt 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 2022-10-301942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Russell Neal Holmes 2022-10-301942-December-16 KIA RAF Sergeant Grantley Charles George Hutton 2022-10-301942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Emerson Harvey Kieswetter 2022-10-301942-December-16 KIA RNZAF Sergeant Robert Hugh McKillop 2022-10-301942-December-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank Severne Millen 2022-10-301942-December-16 PoW RAF Sergeant James Frederick Perring 2022-10-30Stirling R9169
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Marlow Baldock 2023-08-031942-November-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Peter Bulanda 2023-09-151942-November-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Charles Denis Evans 2022-05-061942-November-10 KIA RNZAF Pilot Officer Herbert Adams Harris 2022-05-06
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Laverne Howard 2022-05-061942-November-10 KIA RAF Sergeant Donald Frank Meade 2022-05-061942-November-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Henry Stone 2022-05-06Stirling R9185
Mk. l
Stirling R9194
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1942-December-03 Died RCAF Flight Sergeant Herbert Allenby Harris 2023-10-11Stirling R9197
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Irven Mackenzie 2021-08-161943-February-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Mckenzie Murdoch 2021-08-161943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Daniel O'Neill 2021-08-171943-February-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Obediah Powell OBE 2021-08-121943-February-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arley Henry Thiessen 2021-07-20Stirling R9199
Mk. l
Stirling R9202
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1942-November-30 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Mitchell Wright 2021-10-02Stirling R9241
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1942-October-24 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Mcnaught Thompson 2021-07-17Stirling R9245
Mk. l
Stirling R9247
Mk. l
Stirling R9249
Stirling R9250
Mk. l
Stirling R9253
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1942-December-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence Theodore Izzard 2021-10-02Stirling R9259
Mk. l
Stirling R9261
Mk. I
Known Squadron Assignments: ;7
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 “Motherâ€, 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 • P/O 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, S/L 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 2023-08-301943-April-21 KIA RAF Charles Farley 2024-02-28
1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis John Krulicki 2023-08-301943-April-21 KIA RAF Jack Lees 2024-02-28
1943-April-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Stanley Marshall 2023-08-301943-April-21 KIA RAF Charles Woodbine Parish 2024-02-28
1943-April-21 Evader RCAF Major Donald V Smith DFM, CD 2022-12-291943-April-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Elmer Robert Vance 2023-08-30
Stirling R9262
Mk. l
Stirling R9263
Mk. l
Stirling R9264
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1943-February-02 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Parsons Bragg 2023-10-241943-February-02 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Robin Neville Benedict Brooker DFM 2022-05-061943-February-02 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Joseph Dempster DFM 2022-05-061943-February-02 KIA RNZAF Flight Lieutenant Barry Martin DFC 2022-05-061943-February-02 PoW RAF Sergeant Reginald Graham Newman 2022-05-061943-February-02 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Francis Quigley 2022-05-061943-February-02 KIA RAFVR Squadron Leader William Arthur Smith DFC, MID 2022-05-06Stirling R9271
Mk. l
Stirling R9274
Mk. l
Stirling R9275
Mk. l
Stirling R9278
Mk. l
Stirling R9279
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1943-February-26 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Victor Henry Harris 2021-09-30Stirling R9286
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1943-June-12 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Harrington 2022-01-27Stirling R9295
Mk. l
Stirling R9306
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 90
1943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Stenhouse Brydon 2021-07-281943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Norman John Patrick Hartney 2021-09-301943-February-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Cuthbert Morton 2021-08-161943-February-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Willard Kennedy Rosenberry 2021-08-06Stirling R9310
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1942-May-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gordon Willard Coldwell 2024-03-14Stirling R9312
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-October-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Ross Taylor 2024-01-25Stirling R9316
Mk. l
Stirling R9318
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-September-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Max Louis Morelly 2021-09-28Stirling R9321
Known Squadron Assignments: ;149
1942-June-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Donald Lindsay 2021-10-12Stirling R9326
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 214
1942-June-12 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Cyril Honeychurch 2023-01-29Stirling R9328
Mk. l
Stirling R9356
Mk. l
Stirling W7436
Mk. l
Stirling W7438
Mk. l
Stirling W7442
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1651 HCU
1942-June-26 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Francis Larry Flynn 2021-08-06Stirling W7448
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;15
1942-April-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Thomas William Hare 2021-08-09Stirling W7464
Mk. l
Stirling W7466
Mk. l
Stirling W7469
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 75
1943-April-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Raymond James Barnes 2023-10-26Stirling W7472
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Alwin Woodgate Bevan 2022-05-061942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Andrew Cadden 2023-12-011942-June-21 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Eric Douglas Calvert 2023-12-041942-June-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Gerald Bamford Granshaw 2022-05-061942-June-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Robert Heslop 2022-05-061942-June-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Nelson Parham 2022-05-061942-June-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Byron Adair Trapp 2022-05-061942-June-21 KIA RAF Sergeant Jack Herbert Williams 2022-05-06Stirling W7474
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1942-June-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Leo Louis Joseph Farley 2021-08-06Stirling W7500
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Albert Archer 2022-04-081942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Richard Armstrong 2022-04-081942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Basil Sydney Brown 2023-08-301942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Leslie James Harcus 2022-04-081942-June-03 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Sydney Victor Harding 2022-04-081942-June-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Frank Morgan 2022-04-081942-June-03 KIA RAF Sergeant Sydney Walstead Precious 2022-04-081942-June-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick Sanderson 2022-04-08Stirling W7506
Mk. l
Stirling W7509
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1651 HCU
1942-July-29 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Henry Victor Dufour 2021-05-28Stirling W7512
Mk. l
Stirling W7515
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-May-30 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frederick James Kennedy 2021-08-12Stirling W7518
Mk. l
Stirling W7520
Mk. l
Stirling W7525
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-August-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Fernand Joseph Levesque 2021-09-23Stirling W7526
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 149
1942-October-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Reginald George Blair 2021-08-28Stirling W7528
Mk. l
Stirling W7531
Mk. l
Stirling W7565
Stirling W7566
Mk. l
Stirling W7567
Mk. l
Stirling W7569
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-September-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Edward Clarke 2024-02-28Stirling W7573
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 218
1942-August-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Calvin Daniel Dixon 2022-06-30Stirling W7576
Mk. l
Stirling W7578
Mk. l
Stirling W7586
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 1657 HCU
1943-July-23 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Raymond Henry Murdock 2021-08-16Stirling W7611
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-September-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Edward Mcgee Palmer 2023-10-24Stirling W7613
Mk. l
Stirling W7614
Mk. l
Stirling W7616
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7
1942-August-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Nelson Shumsky 2023-08-09Stirling W7618
Mk. l
Stirling W7620
Mk. l
Stirling W7628
Mk. l
Stirling W7630
Mk. l
Stirling W7634
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-October-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Henry Hansford 2021-09-30Stirling W7635
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 15
1942-December-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Alfred Theodore Kelley 2023-08-30Stirling W7637
Mk. l
Stirling W7638
Mk. l
Known Squadron Assignments: 7;149
1943-February-15 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Cecil Loughlin 2023-09-05PC — Ctrl-F
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