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HUGILL, Noble

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number MZ264
Markings GI-A
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 5. A. 14-17..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 186
Enlistment information
Service Number 1378874
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 622
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 31-08-1943
End Date 01-09-1943
Takeoff Station Mildenhall
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Berlin. 622 aircraft, 47 losses (7.6%). Stirling losses were some 16.0% Fighter flares were used by the German night-fighters for the first time to mark the path of the main force both into and out of the target area. This raid was not a success. Cloud, combined with the now familiar problems with the H2S equipment and the effective defences of the city conspired to make the PFF marking very difficult. Creepback was an additional problem and it is said that the fires stretched back some 30 miles! Only 85 homes were destroyed. There were 68 deaths. Goebbels ordered that all children and any adults not engaged in war work be evacuated to the country.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Schäpe, Germany