Short Stirling S29, 1942 to 1943, 75 [NZ] Sqn Part 1

Company:
Short Brothers Ltd

Also
Austin Motors
Short & Harland
Rootes

Canada
Canadian Associated Aircraft, St Hurbert, Pq Canada

Wing Span:
99 ft 1 in 30.02 M

Wing Area:
1460 sq ft 135.6 sq M

Length:
83 ft 3 in 26.59 M

Height:
22 ft 9in 6.93 M

Ceiling:
17,000 ft 5,182 M

Speed: at 14,500 ft
270 MPH 435 KPH

Range: with 3,500 lb
2,010 Miles 3,235 Km

T/O Weight:
70,000 lb 5,182 Kg

Empty Weight:
46,900 Lb 21,200 Kg

Crew:
2 Pilot
1 Navigator
1 Signaller
1 Flight Engineer
1 Bomb Aimer
1 Nose Gunner
1 Mid Upper Gunner
1 Tail Gunner

Role:
Heavy Bomber
Mine Laying

Total Manufactured:
758 Mk 1
875 Mk 3
579 Mk 4
160 Mk 5
2,374 All Marks

First Flight:
14 May 1939

Entered Service:
Aug 1940

Armament:
2 .303 in in Nose Turret
2 .303 in in Mid Upper Turret
4 .303 in in Tail Turret
up to
14,000 lb [6,350 Kg] bombs internally

Years Served:
Nov 1942 to 1943

ENGINE

Image Source

Qty:
4

Type:
Bristol Hercules XV1

14 cylinder, air-cooled, sleeve valve, twin bank, radial, supercharged

Bore:
5.75 in 146 mm

Stroke:
6.5 in 165 mm

Volume:
2,360 cu in 38.7 L

T/O Power:
1,272 hp 949 KW

T/O RPM
2,800 RPM

Fuel:
87 octane

Length:
53.15 in 1,350 mm

Diameter:
55 in 1,397 mm

Weight:
1,929 lb 875 Kg

Power to Weight Ratio:
0.7 hp/lb 1.16 KW/Kg

First run:
Jan 1936

Qty built
57,400

Notes:

First Designed 4 Engine Bomber to Enter RAF Service in WW2

First Operational Flight by 75 NZ Sqn - Target Genoa - 20/21 Nov 1942

The Following Aircraft Are Known To Have Been On 75 [NZ] Squadron

FTR = Failed To Return
SOC = Struck Off Charge
EFA = Major Damage Cat A repair off Base
EFB = Major Damage Cat B “
FA = Minor Damage “

M 9290

Mark 1
Code letter AA - X
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 28 April 1943
Sgt H G Corin [NZ] 417269,
Sgt V C Howes [NZ] 413418
F/S A E Lewis [NZ] Pilot
Sgt F A Moulton [NZ]
Sgt J H Whitehart [NZ]

N 3683

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn

N3704

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 16 Oct 1942
Left Squadron 10 Dec 1942

N 6123

Mark 1
Code letter AA - Q
Joined Sqn 15 Jan 1943
Left Sqn FTR 3 Mar 1943
P/O A M Brigeman [NZ] 41866
K C Eyre [NZ]
Sgt C S Burton
Sgt F P Stewart [NZ]
Sgt E H Weaver [NZ]
F/S F A W Willis [NZ]
Target, mine laying at Frisians

R9200

Mark
Code latter AA - S
Joined Sqn 23 Feb 1943
Left Sqn 21 Apr 1943
Target, Jurby, Isle Of Man

R 9243

Mark
Code letter AA - G
Joined Sqn 21 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 23 Oct 1943
F/S J F Blank [NZ]
P/O F M McKenzie [NZ] 41344 Pilot

R 9245

Mark 1
Code letter AA - N
Joined Sqn 25 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 16 Feb 1943
Total crew
Crashed on take off, hit Devils Dyke, Newmarket

R9246

Mark 1
Code letter AA - C
Joined Sqn 21 Oct 1942
Left Sqn SOC 23 Feb 1943
No injuries
Wheels up landing at Holme, first Stirling lost by 75 Sqn

R9247

Mark 1
Code letter AA - W
Joined Sqn 21 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 17 Dec 1942
Total crew
F/S Rousseay H F NZ Pilot
Target, Mine laying near Fallersleben, crashed near Vechta, Germany

R 9248

Mark 1
Code letter AA - H
Joined Sqn 7 Nov 1942
Left Sqn FTR 23 Jan 1943
Total crew
Sgt Berry E NZ
Sgt Brewster J E NZ
Sgt Fowler P D NZ
Sgt Mitchell G F NZ
Sgt Torrance B NZ
Shot down by night fighter near Lorient

R 9250

Mark 1
Code letter AA - W
Joined Sqn 2 Nov 1942
Left Sqn FTR 3 Feb 1943
Total crew
P/O Blincoe K H NZ 412194
Shot down by night fighter over Hamburg, crashed near Tiel, Holland

R 9290

Mark 1
Code letter AA - Y [x]
Joined Sqn 28 Jan 1943
Left Sqn FTR 13 Feb 1943
Total crew
Target, Mine laying, Crashed near Lorient

R 9316

Mark 1
Code letter AA - K
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn 13 Feb 1943
2 KIA,
4 POW,
1 Evade
Crashed near Lorient

W7455

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 29 Jan 1943
Left Sqn 1 Feb 1943

W 7467

Mark
Code letter AA - T
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 16 April 1943
Sgt J J Davis
P/O K F Debenham [NZ] 412211 Pilot
W/O R J Barnes [NZ]
Sgt J L Marlow [NZ]
Sgt D M T Watts [NZ]

W 7469

Mark 1
Code letter AA - O
Joined Sqn 28 Jan 1943
Left Sqn FTR 16 Apr 1943
6 KIA
1 Evade
Target Mannheim

W 7513

Mark 1
Code letter AA - G
Joined Sqn 4 Mar 1943
Left Sqn FTR 28 April 1943
Sgt C H G Boxall [NZ]
Sgt D Church [NZ]
Sgt A C Howell [NZ] 3921097
Sgt P T Hunter [NZ]
Sgt D S Sidhu [NZ]
Target, Mine laying Kiel Bay

W7573

Mark
Code letter AA -
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 28April 1943
Sgt K Halliburton [NZ] Pilot 415411
Sgt L T Scarfe [NZ]
Target, Mine laying

BF 364

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 23 Aug 1943
Sgt F K Alcock [NZ]
P/O A Lewis [NZ]
P/O A Lens [NZ]
F/S F P Lunden [NZ] 404718
P/O D H Moss [NZ] 404653
Sgt J E Nicholson [NZ]
Sgt C R Parish [NZ]
F/L A J L Sedunary [NZ] Pilot

BF 377

Mark
Code letter AA - J
Joined Sqn 14 Apr 1943
Left Sqn 25 Jun 1943

BF396

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 23 Oct 1943
Left Sqn FTR 18 Dec 1943
Target, Fallersleben

BF 397

mark
Code letter AA - J
Joined 23 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 23 Jan 1943
Overshot landing at Newmarket

BF 398

Mark 1
Code AA - P
Joined Sqn 24 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 17 May 1943
2 KIA
Double engine failure, crashed near Crimley Hall Farm,
Talke, Staffordshire, on training flight

BF 399

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 7 Nov 1942
Left Sqn FTR 28 Nov 1942
Dived to avoid other A/C, crashed Trinity Hall Farm, Cambridge
Possible crew
Sgt Broady R H J NZ 39691
Sgt Dibben R O
Sgt Jobson G T
Sgt McIsaac A NZ 412891
F/S McWilliam R J

BF 400

Mark 1
Code letter AA - G
Joined Sqn 30 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 17 Dec 1942
Total crew
Target was Fallersleben, crashed near Ankum

BF 434

Mark
Code letter AA - X
Joined Sqn 13 Apr 1943
Left Sqn 18 Jun 1943

BF 437

Mark 1
Code letter AA - C
Joined Sqn 24 Jan 1943
Left Sqn FTR 8 Mar 1943
W/O A Arlen [NZ]
P/O I J D Brodie [NZ]
Sgt C R Davey [NZ] 413937 Pilot
Sgt A E Howlett [NZ]
Sgt L M Stone [NZ]
Sgt A B Tarrant [NZ]
Target was Nuremberg, crashed

BF 443

Mark
Code letter AA - V
Joined Sqn 2 Feb 1943
Left Sqn 17 Aug 1943

BF 451

Mark 1
Code letter AA - Z
Joined Sqn 13 Feb 1943
Left Sqn FTR 16 April 1943
Sgt L C Cameron [NZ]
Sgt R L Pierson [NZ]
Sgt T G Shergold [NZ]
Sgt R C Stone [NZ] 413281
Sgt R F Wanstall [NZ]
Target was Manheim, shot down by night fighter near Ludwigshafen

BF 455

Mark 111
Code letter AA - Y
Joined Sqn 13 Feb 1943
Left Sqn FTR 10 Apr 1943
Crew uninjured
Target, Frankfurt, damaged by AAA and night fighter, ditched into the
Channel off Shoreham, Sussex

BF 456

Mark 111
Code letters AA - J
Joined Sqn 14 Mar 1943
Left Sqn F T R 10 April 1943
Sgt L R Cunningham [NZ]
Sgt D T Anthony [NZ]
Sgt J R Inglis [NZ]
Sgt D V Jones [NZ]
Sgt E J Letherbarrow [NZ]
Sgt R W Lowther [NZ]
Sgt J Webb [NZ] Pilot
Total crew
Target Frankfurt, missing

BF 458

Mark 111
Code letter AA - A [JN - P?]
Joined Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn F T R 30 July 1943
P/O F W R Cumpsty [NZ] 413386
Sgt J W Gale [NZ]
W/O E F Henry [NZ]
Sgt J H O’Farrell [NZ]
P/O A J Thomas [NZ] Pilot
Crew
2 POW
Target, Remscheid

BF 459

Mark 111
Code letter AA - E
Joined Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn F T R 23 Sep 1943
Sgt T J Hegarty [NZ]
F/O J P Ingram [NZ]
F/O C C Logan
F/S G P Sowerby [NZ] 417243
Sgt T Stewart [NZ]
Target, Mannheim

BF 461

Mark 111
Code letter AA - B
Joined Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 4 Nov 1943
1 KIA,
5 POW
1 Evaded
Mining Baltic, shot down by night fighter from
Sqn NJG 3, Kalleruo,
Crashed in Denmark

BF 465

Mark 111
Code letter AA - K
Joined Sqn 2 Mar 1943
Left Sqn F T R 23 Aug 1943
P/O M A Ericksen [NZ]
Sgt F M Freeman [NZ]
Sgt G Ogden [NZ]
P/O A Rankin
P/O J Third [NZ] 422671
F/S F W Thorstensen [NZ] 414529
6 KIA
1 POW
Target, Berlin, crashed near Berlin

BF 467

Mark 111
Code letter AA - W
Joined Sqn 15 Mar 1943
Left Sqn FTR 28 Apr 1943
Total crew
Target, Mining Kiel Bay off Kappel, Denmark.
Crashed into Baltic Sea
Possible crew
P/O Thompson D L NZ 413152 Pilot
Sgt Abbott C NZ
Sgt Phillips G NZ
W/O Ramsay J A NZ

BF 473

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 2 Sep 1943
Left Sqn 14 Feb 1944

BF 487

Mark
Code letter AA - W
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn F T R 28 April 1943
Sgt C Abbott [NZ]
F/S E R Jenkins [NZ]
Sgt G Phillips [NZ]
W/O J A Ramsay
P/O D L Thompson [NZ] 413152 Pilot

BF 506

Mark 111
Code letter AA - P
Joined Sqn 6 Apr 1943
Left Sqn F T R 20 April 1943
F/S C T Cobb 412315,
Sgt F J Earle
F/S W H Ellis
F/S I C Salt [NZ] 404046
P/O A G Tolley [NZ] 411954 Pilot
Sgt G A R Town
F/L F W Upton [NZ] 404430
Target, Rostock, crashed near Vejle, Denmark

BF 513

Mark 111
Code letter AA - E
Joined Sqn 8 Apr 1943
Left Sqn F T R 14 April 1943
Sgt E D Cook [NZ]
Sgt B Elwell [NZ]
P/O D G Mc Caskill [NZ] 413573 Pilot
Sgt A Mc Vicar [NZ]
Sgt R A Smith [NZ] 415378
Target, Stuttgart, crashed near Namur

BF 516

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 11 Apr 1943
Left Sqn Apr 1943

BF 517

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 16 Apr 1943
Left Sqn 27 Apr 1943
U/C Damage, damaged beyond Sqn repair

BF 518

Mark 111
Code letter AA - E
Joined Sqb
Left Sqn 31 Aug 1943
Crew uninjured
Overran runway at West Malling, non operational flight,
Damaged beyond Sqn repair

BF 549

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 23 Sept 1943
Sgt C P Ellins
Sgt J E Hoey
F/S W L Jarvis
F/O H P Sands [NZ]

BF 561

Mark 111
Code letter AA - O
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 29 May 1943
Sgt J V Dartnall [NZ]
Sgt F G Hooper [NZ]
Sgt C W Larkin [NZ]
Sgt A C A Mc Phail [NZ] 41194
Sgt D Ruocco [NZ]
F/S S R Thornley [NZ] 40109
Target, Wuppertal

BF 573

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 6 May 1943
Left Sqn 20 May 1943

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