Stuttgart
{{webimage,wardiaries.jpg,float:right;width:150px;,Book no longer in print}}97 aircraft » 55 Wellingtons, 15 Stirlings, 10 Hampdens, IO Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes - to the city and the Bosch factory. 5 Wellingtons and 1 Halifax lost.
This third raid on Stuttgart was another failure, with crews again blaming ground haze for their inability to identify the city. Stuttgart's records show that no bombs fell in the city, though a few fell in woods to the west. The Lauffen decoy may have been responsible for a raid which developed on the large town of Heilbronn, only 5 miles from the decoy fire site but 20 miles from Stuttgart. More than 150 buildings were hit in Heilbronn and 7 people died there.
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97 aircraft- 55 Wellingtons, 15 Stirlings, IO Hampdens, IO Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes - to the city and the Bosch factory. 5 Wellingtons and I Halifax lost.
This third raid on Stuttgart was another failure, with crews again blaming ground haze for their inability to identify the city. Stuttgart's records show that no bombs fell in the city, though a few fell in woods to the west. The Lauffen decoy may have been responsible for a raid which developed on the large town of Heilbronn, only 5 miles from the decoy fire site but 20 miles from Stuttgart. More than 150 buildings were hit in Heilbronn and 7 people died there.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*C". Lost on raid on Stuttgart on 6/7 May 1942. Crashed in the vicinity of Mannheim. All 5 crew killed.
Bomber Command Museum Monthly ORB
