Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK724 |
Markings | QS-Y |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Haverhill Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. U. Grave 198.. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM. "LIFE IS ETERNAL AND LOVE IS IMMORTAL; DEATH IS ONLY AN HORIZON" |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 270 |
Service Number | 1265193 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 620 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Corless T (F/S) |
Forster C S (LAC) |
Haigh A (AC1) |
MacDonald J A (LAC) |
Shearer W (Sgt) |
Turville L G (Sgt) |
Start Date | 02-07-1943 |
End Date | 02-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Training- fighter affiliation with a Beaufighter |
Reason for Loss | Collided with another Stirling (EF384 QS-), both crashing at Stansfield, NW of Sudbury |