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Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:09:58-0400

28th of April 1943, Stirling I W7513, 75 Sqdn, LWT....
Remarks: Took off 2042 28 April 1943 from Newmarket on a mine laying detail in the Radish Region of the Fehmarn-Belt. Lost without trace.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:12:03-0400

1st of October 1942, Stirling I W7613, 218 Sqdn, Denmark....
Remarks: Took off 1948 1 Oct 1942 from Downham Market. Cause of loss not established.

Wing Commander M F B Read, Flying Officer J C F Du Toit, Sergeant A I Parkinson: killed; Pilot Officer J R Drake, Sergeant K J Cooper, Sergeant J Speed, Flight Sergeant D Menard, Sergeant J W Dawson: missing believed killed; Stirling W7613, 218 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight, 1st of October 1942.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:14:24-0400

3rd of July 1942,Stirling I BF313, 214 Sqdn, Wadden Sea....
Remarks: Took off from Stradishall. Shot down by a night-fighter, Ofw Karl- Heinz Scherfling.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:20:58-0400

15th of April 1943, Stirling III BF513, 75 Sqdn, Belgium....
Remarks: Took off 2132 14 April 1943 from Newmarket. Shot down by a night-fighter , Lt Fritz Graef.

Sergeant Ernest Desmond COOK (1609864) Air Gunner, 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Bertram ELWELL (519416) Air Bomber 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn AIR27 Died.
Pilot Officer James Kennedy GRAINGER (42295) Navigator, 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Reginald Thomas Charles GREEN (1211032) Wireless Op, 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn, Died.
Pilot Officer Donald Gordon McCASKILL (13573) Pilot, 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Angus McVICAR (1371651) Flight Engi, 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Ronald Alexander SMITH (415378) Air Gunner, 1943-04-15, 75 Sqdn, Died.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:31:15-0400

12th of August 1943, Stirling III BK713, 620 Sqdn, France....
Remarks: Took off 2136 12 Aug 1943 from Chedburgh. Crashed at Mittainvilliers (Eure-et-Loir) 14 km WNW of Chartres France.

Pilot Officer Gordon Harvey CLARKE (139592) Pilot, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant George Robert CUTTER (652428) Air Gunner, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Kenneth Neville DONALD (710150) Air Gunner, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Cyril HARRISON (1430273) Navigator, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Hugh MAITLAND (1335760) Navigator, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Kenneth Ernest MOULDING (1272021) Flight Engi, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Ronald THORNTON (1213543) Wireless Op, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Kenneth WILLIAMS (126857) Pilot, 1943-08-12, 620 Sqdn, Died.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:37:09-0400

25th of June 1943, Stirling III BK813, 90 Sqdn, Belgium....
Remarks: Took off 2332 24 June 1943 from West Wickham. Shot down by a night- fighter Ofw Reinhard Kollak.

Sergeant Aubrey Charles HARRIS (1319009) Air Bomber, 1943-06-25, 90 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Gordon HENDERSON (42327) Air Gunner, 1943-06-25, 90 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Hyman LEVINE (658831) Navigator, 1943-06-25, 90 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Leo PETERSEN (403611) Wireless Op, 1943-06-25, 90 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Patrick James TAYLOR (1346152) Air Gunner, 1943-06-25, 90 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Walter Henry TEEDE (16774), 1943-06-25, 90 Sqdn, Died.
Sgt Frank SANDERS (541666), 1943-06-24, 90 Sqdn, PoW, 222551 4B.
Sgt Edward Henry STANTON (1178476), 1943-06-24, 90 Sqdn, PoW.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:44:02-0400

18th of Nov 1943, Stirling III EJ113, 622 Sqdn, France....
Remarks: Took off 1710 18 Nov 1943 from Mildenhall. Cause of loss not established.

Sergeant George Henry AUSTIN (1390546) Wireless Op, 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Douglas Ralph COMBER (1601106) Air Bomber, 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Augustine Michael KEARNEY (410498), 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Millard Leon NESVOLD (R/159321) Air Gunner, 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Pilot Officer Stanley OWEN (160664) Pilot, 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Sergeant Louis PEZARO (1583515) Flight Engi, 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Russell James THOMSON (409862), 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.
Flying Officer Stanley WILLETTS (134699) Navigator, 1943-11-18, 622 Sqdn, Died.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:48:38-0400

21st of Aug 1944, Stirling IV, LJ813, 299 Sqdn, France....
Remarks:

Sergeant Arthur Alfred BEALE (1133762) Flight Engi, 1944-08-21, 299 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Sergeant Ronald Victor COOLING (1322410) Bomb Aimer, 1944-08-21, 299 Sqdn, Died.
Pilot Officer Reginald DUTTON (178818) Air Gunner, 1944-08-21, 299 Sqdn, Died.
Flying Officer George James ELLIOTT (169876) Wireless Op, 1944-08-21, 299 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Lieutenant Carl Victor MASON (106539) Navigator, 1944-08-21, 299 Sqdn, Died.
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Albert TAYLOR (105159), 1944-08-21, 299 Sqdn, Died.

Lucky13 · 2024-09-26T13:54:23-0400

18th of September 1944, Stirling IV LJ913, 570 Sqdn, Gelderland....
Remarks: Details from Cummings' "Though Without Anger", 18/9/44 LJ913 Stirling IV, Schaarsbergen. The aircraft was belly landed following damage sustained from enemy AA fire. The aircraft's crew had just finished dropping its load and it was down to 500 feet when it was struck by AA fire and a serious blaze started in the port wing. The aircraft continued to descend and struck the ground, causing the rear turret to break off and probably saving the gunner's life in the process because only he and a despatcher survived.