Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EE883 |
Markings | BU-T |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 140.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | 1536320 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Hitchins J A (Sgt) |
Jones T (Sgt) |
Miller C K (Sgt) |
Seward S (Sgt) |
Smith R A H (Sgt) |
Straton P D (Sgt) |
Start Date | 24-06-1943 |
End Date | 25-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Wuppertal. 630 aircraft, 34 losses (5.4%). An attack on the Elberfeld half of the town- the Barmen half having been devastated a month ago. PFF marking was accurate but creepback was more evident than normal. A post-war British survey suggest that 95% of the Elberfeld half was destroyed. Approximately 1800 deaths, 300 homes destroyed and 171 businesses knocked out. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down by the combination of both flak and a night-fighter, crashing into the sea off the Dutch coast |