Shorts Stirling production

Geoffrey Sinclair said:

Bomber Command did not send Stirlings on operations to Poland, only Lancasters went as far east as Gdynia. Danzig was to the east of Pomerania. There were two obvious targets in Pomerania, Swinemunde and Stettin but Stettin was close enough to Berlin that aircraft sent to Berlin reported attacking Stettin and plenty of Stirlings were sent to Berlin, with 64 reported losses.

When the target was actually Stettin, 29 September 1941, W7433 lost over the North Sea, W7441 shot down over the Little belt in Denmark, 20 April 1943, R9621 and BF506 reported missing, R9621 coming down at Kongsmark Denmark and BF506 SW Horsens Denmark.

On 11 October 1942 R9190 sent to lay mines off Swinemunde, shot down off Denmark.

At this point in time if the parts were definitely only fitted to a Stirling the aircraft was probably well off course when it came down, which means there are plenty of possibilities to check.

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Thank you for this information, I have been checking this track and the raids on Sttetin: 29/30 09.1941 participation of 10 Stirling's from 7 Squ. 2 missing, one crashed in Jutland, the other missing.
20/21.04.1943 11 Stirlings, 1 lost over Denmark.
29/30 04.1943 ?
18/19 07.1943 ?
5/6 01. 1944 ?
I don't think any were lost over Kashubia, as that is the name of the region where this element was obtained. My question is did the Stirlings have autopilot ? Is there a possibility that they flew that long without a crew.

I am also inclined to this version. The first mission to Poland to drop the so-called 'Cichociemni' jumpers was carried out on the night of 15-16 February 1943. 'Cichociemni' was carried out on the night of 15-16 February 1943 in the air operation "Adolphus".
The RAF Armstrong Whitworth Whitley aircraft took off at 6.20pm from Stradishall airfield in eastern England. The six crew from Britain's 1419 Special Tasks Squadron were commanded by Capt Francis Keast. The route passed over the LaManche Canal, then over the Benelux countries, then Germany and ended in Cieszyn Silesia. Due to the length of the route, the aircraft returned to base on leftover fuel.
For my Stirling, Route 1 fit the bill.
The aircraft took off from RAF airfield, Tempsford.
Used from 1941, departing from RAF Newport, from 14 March 1942 from the secret RAF Tempsford airfield. Led north from the island of Sylt, over Denmark, at Bornholm turning south and leaving the Baltic. Over Poland, the flight headed south, over lakes Bukowo, Jamno and the distinctive Charzykowskie Lake, over Thorn to the Plock area. From there, the planes headed for the receiving posts.
So, theoretically, he was flying over Kashubia where he must have crashed.

What do you think of this part, something from the fuel system of a British bomber. Which bombers had such sleekers fitted?