Short Stirling S29, 75[NZ] Squadron, 1942 to 1943, Part 2

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

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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 WW 2

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 “

BF 575

Mark
Code letter AA - H
Overshot landing at Market Harborough

BF 577

Mark 111
Code letter AA - M [JN - M?]
Joined Sqn 26 May 1943
Left Sqn F T R 2 Aug 1943
F/S G S Corlett [NZ] 42289,
Sgt A Ashworth [NZ]
F/S S C O Reeves [NZ] 42339
Sgt J W Sneddon [NZ]
Sgt T E Wadeson [NZ]
Sgt G A Walker [NZ]
Target, Hamburg, collided with a Do 217

BK 602

Mark 1
Code letter AA - R
Joined Sqn 21 Dec 1942
Left Sqn FTR 25 May 1943
Sgt D D Coates [NZ] 421318,
F/S T W Darton [NZ] 416465 Pilot
Sgt A McQuarter [NZ]
Sgt S Redpath [NZ]
Sgt J M P Riordan [NZ] 422668
Sgt J C L Whiteman [NZ]
Sgt F P Wilsher [NZ]
Target, Dusseldorf shot down by night fighter, crashed into the sea

BK 608

Mark 1
Code letter AA - T
Joined Sqn 21 Oct 1942
Left base FTR 28 Nov 1942
Crew uninjured
Ran out of fuel on a training flight, undershot landing at Stradishall
Damaged beyond Sqn repair

BK 609

Mark 1
Code letter AA - J
Joined Sqn 16 Mar 1943
Left Sqn FTR 6 Aug 1943
Crew uninjured
Mining Gironde, turned back from operation, crashed at Bradwell Bay

BK 614

Mark 1
Code letter JN - H
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 6 Aug 1943
Sgt R H Amstell [NZ]
Sgt R Booth [NZ]
Sgt S T Kitchings [NZ]
F/S J R Mayo [NZ] 417085 Pilot
F/S I S Rothstein [NZ]
Sgt A E Turner [NZ]
Target, Mine laying

BK 615

Mark 1
Code letter
Joined 28 Nov 1942
Left Sqn 7 Jan 1943

BK 617

Mark 1
Code letter AA - D
Joined Sqn 24 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 5 Feb 1943
Total crew
Onboard fire, into sea off Cromer
Possible crew
Sgt Redding R E Pilot NZ 414678
F/S Barton A J D NZ 413700
Sgt Dennis H NZ
Sgt Phillips C G NZ
F/S Wilson W W NZ

BK 618

Mark 1
Code letter AA - N
Joined Sqn 24 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 2 Dec 1942
Total crew
Target, mine laying, Shot down by night fighter
Possible crew
Sgt McMorrine A W NZ
Sgt Scott A NZ 413484

BK 619

Mark 1
Code letter AA - X and AA - O
Joined Sqn 3 Nov 1942
Left Sqn 14 Oct 1943

BK 620

Mark 1
Code letter AA - A
Joined Sqn 31 Oct 1942
Left Sqn FTR 17 Dec 1942
Crew POW
Target, Fallersleben, shot down by night fighter,
Crashed near Amsterdam

BK 624

Mark
Code letter AA - A
Joined Sqn 15 Jan 1943
Left Sqn 25 Jun 1943

BK 646

Mark 111
Code letter AA - N
Joined Sqn 10 Feb 1943
Left Sqn FTR 15 Jun 1943
1 KIA
4 POW
1 Evaded
Target, Mining Gironde, shot down by night fighter

BK 647

Mark 1
Code letter AA - K [M?]
Joined Sqn 9 Feb 1943
Left Sqn 3 Feb 1943
Crew uninjured
P/O R A Williams [NZ] Pilot
Target, Essen, crashed landing at Newmarket

BK 664

Mark 111
Code letter AA - M
Joined Sqn 15 Mar 1943
Left Sqn 17 Apr 1943
Target. Manheim, damaged by AA - A, throttle control trouble
Crashed Into Hanger

BK 665

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn

BK 695

Mark
Code letter AA - X
Joined Sqn 26 Feb 1943
Left Sqn 30 Apr 1943
Re joined Sqn 26 Sept 1943
Left Sqn 17 Mar 1944

BK 712

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn F T R 13 May 1943
Sgt J Wykes [NZ]

BK 721

Mark 111
Code letter AA - Z
Joined Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 12 May 1943
Sgt J S Andrews [NZ] Pilot
F/O S J Clubb [NZ] 414593,
F/O J Johnston [NZ] 416198
Sgt B A R Moore [NZ]
Crew 6 KIA
2 Injured
Target, Duisburg, hit obstruction taking off from Newmarket

BK 768

Mark
Code letter AA - L
Joined Sqn 21 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 25 June 1943
Sgt G W Colyer [NZ],
Sgt W W Hilditch [NZ]
F/O W R Perrott [NZ] 416153
Sgt H Squire [NZ]
F/S G D Thomson [NZ] 42317
F/S C J Whitelaw [NZ]
Target, Gelsenkirchen

BK 770

Mark 111
Code letter AA - L
Joined Sqn 4 Apr 1943
Left Sqn F T R 9 April 1943
Sgt S A Curtis Air Gunner age 28
W/O B A Moffatt RCAF Nav / B/Aimer age 25 ?
Sgt F H Reddcliffe RAF Nav B/Aimer age 28 ?
Sgt J W Scudder RAF W/Op Air Gunner age 22
F/S P G Stuart RCAF Air Gunner
W/O J A E Walshe [NZ] 401294 Pilot age 27
Sgt J H Worthington [NZ] F/Eng age 19
Target, Duisburg, T/ O at 21:30 on 8 April 1943, 2nd attack on Duisburg,
In the opening stages of the “Battle of The Rhur”
One of 392 A/C [156 Lancasters, 97 Wellingtons, 73 Halifaxes,
56 Stirlings, and 10 Mosquito Path Finders ]
After the raid, near home base Newmarket, the A/C entered a
Near vertical dive, no survivors. buried at Great Massingham, Norfolk

BK 776

Mark 111
Code letter AA - B [JN - B?]
Joined Sqn 8 Apr 1943
Left Sqn F T R 29 May 1943
F/S F A Bandy
P/O Bennett [NZ] 415282,
W/O S L Kavanagh [NZ] 403579
F/S J A Pirie [NZ]
R Norman pilot age 23
B Harrison F/Eng
Winton [ 2nd dicky [pilot] trip]
Davidson
Middleton
Crew
5 KIA
2 POW
Target, Wuppertal, shot down near Roermond
Davidson & Bennett bailed out

BK 777
Mark 111
Code letter AA - U
Joined Sqn 8 Apr 1943
Left Sqn 3 May1943

BK 778

Mark 111
Code Letter AA - U [JN - U?]
Joined Sqn 4 Apr 1943
Left Sqn FTR 4 Nov 1943
Sgt A A Copeland [NZ]
F/S L S Crawford – Watson [NZ] 42734,
F/S G B Imrie [NZ] 423676
F/S C James [NZ] 426333
P/O W S Masters [NZ] 421977 Pilot
Sgt H M Thomas [NZ]
Target, Mining Baltic Sea , shot down by night fighter,
crashed Berstedgaard Fernen Belt

BK 782

Mark 111
Code leter AA - Q
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 22 May 1943
Crew
6 KIA
1 POW
Target, Dortmund, shot down by night fighter, crashed into Holland

BK 783

Mark 111
Code letter AA - Q Queenie
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 23 May 1943
Sgt R Bell [NZ]
Sgt F J L Joblin [NZ] 417063 Gun age 25 (Fred) Gisborne
Sgt D G A Storey [NZ]
Sgt S M Tietjens [NZ] 415640 Pilot (Stephen)
Sgt G W Turnbull [NZ] 421342 Nav (George) age 24 Palm Nth
Sgt S J Wayman [NZ]
Target, Dortmund,shot down by night fighter fell into water filled ditch
a few miles from Utrecht 1 survivor

BK 807

Mark 111
Code letter AA - M
Joined Sqn 21 Apr 1943
Left Sqn FTR 28 April 1943
F/S W L F Brian [NZ] 411737,
F/S R C Buckley [NZ] 411206
P/O D VB Hamer
Sgt H P Holme [NZ]
Sgt D R Ross [NZ]
Sgt M E J Shogrew [NZ]
Crew
2 KIA
5 MIA
Target, Mining Baltic Sea, shot down by AAA

BK 809

Mark 111
Code letter AA - T
Join Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 8 Sept 1943
F/O N H Gale [NZ]
Sgt A L Mellor [NZ]
Crew
2 KIA
3 Injured
2 Uninjured
Hit fuel bowser when taking off from Mepal

BK 810

Mark 111
Code letter AA - G
Joined Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 23 Jun 1943
Crew
2 KIA
5 POW
Target, Mullheim, shot down by night fighter, crashed in Holland

BK 817

Mark 111
Code letter AA - B
Joined Sqn 2 May 1943
Left Sqn F T R 11 June 1943
Sgt F J Hawkins
S/L R H Laud [NZ] Pilot
Sgt H S Mulholland
Sgt J H Russell
Sgt A R Waite
F/S T Whatnough
Crew
6 KIA
1 POW
Target, Dusseldorf, shot down by night fighter,
crashed near Leige, Belgium

EE 501

Mark
Code Letter AA - K
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn F T R 31 Aug 1943
F/S J G Baker [NZ]
F/S W A Kilby [NZ] 415261
F/O J B Lovelock [NZ] 416324
F/S K A McGreggor [NZ] 415770 Pilot

EE 878

Mark 111
Code letter AA - F and AA - P
Joined Sqn 31 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 31 Aug 1943
Crew
3 KIA
1 POW
Target, Berlin, shot down by night fighter,

EE 881

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 16 Jun 1943
Left Sqn 6 Sept 1943

EE 886

Mark 111
Code letter AA - L
Joined Sqn 16 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 14 July 1943
Crew
1 KIA
2 injured
4 uninjured
Target, Aachen, U/C collapsed on return from mission, A/C burnt
Possible crew
Sgt Viccars E C

EE 890

Mark 111
Code letter AA - L
Joined Sqn 29 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 24 July 1943
Sgt W H Garvin [NZ]
W/O H Nicol [NZ] Pilot
Sgt H S F Norrington [NZ]
Sgt C E Radford [NZ]
Crew
4 KIA
3 POW
Target, Hamburg, shot down by night fighter

EE 891

Mark 111
Code letter AA - Q
Joined Sqn 20 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 15 Aug 1943
F/S M Costello [NZ],
Sgt B G Crisp [NZ],
Sgt R F Andrews [NZ]
Sgt J E Lovewell [NZ]
Sgt F D Mason [NZ]
F/O J G Turnbull [NZ] 42490
F/S N B Whitta [NZ] 416566 Pilot
Target, Mining Gironde

EE 892

Mark 111
Code letter AA - F
Joined Sqn 9 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 26 Aug 1943
Crew
4 KIA
3 MIA
Target, Hamburg, crashed into sea off Suffolk

EE 893

Mark 111
Code letter AA - N [JN - N?]
Joined Sqn 16 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 5 Sept 1943
Sgt J J Waterman [NZ]
Sgt T Whatley [NZ]
P/O E S Wilkinson [NZ] 417138 Pilot
Crew
4 KIA
3 POW
Target, Mannheim

EE 897

Mark 111
Code letter AA - G
Joined Sqn 29 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 4 Nov 1943
F/O A T Dance [NZ] 42495,
F/S R Charlton [NZ]
F/S A G Fawcett [NZ] 422698
Sgt L C Gaskins [NZ]
F/O T Lodge
Sgt R Stratton [NZ]
F/O N C B Wilson [NZ] 417139 Pilot
Target, Mining Baltic Sea

EE 898

Mark 111
Code letter AA - D
Joined Sqn 15 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 16 Dec 1943
Swung taking off

EE 915

Mark 111
Code letter AA - X
Joined Sqn 30 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 30 July 1943
F/S J N Darney [NZ] 42376 Pilot
Sgt G C Davies [NZ]
Sgt R C G Evans [NZ]
F/O P S A St Ledger [NZ]
F/S R J Stone [NZ] 415383
F/S T J Vercoe [NZ] 415566
Target, Remscheid,

EE 918

Mark 111
Code letter AA - D
Joined Sqn 11 Aug 1943
Left Sqn FTR 31 Aug 1943
P/O J C Giles
F/S D’A L L Haub [NZ] 42326
F/S K C Jackson [NZ] 42380
F/O R G Rainford
F/S E J Roberts [NZ] 417107 Pilot
Sgt E Saunders [NZ]
Target, Berlin,

EE 938

Mark
Code letter AA - X
Joined Sqn 16 Aug 1943
Left Sqn FTR 23 Aug 1943
F/S A Davidson [NZ]
W/O T Fear [NZ] Pilot
Sgt J A C Holmes [NZ]
Sgt C Munro [NZ]
Sgt B H Ruddy [NZ]
Sgt D G Woodcott [NZ]
Target, Berlin

EE 955

Mark 111
Code letter AA - D
Joined Sqn 18 Aug 1943
Left Sqn FTR 27 Aug 1943
F/S M Bailey [NZ]
F/S C J Bridger [NZ] 417192
Sgt A Clark
F/S F D Higham [NZ] 416116 Pilot
Sgt H Jennings
Sgt R Renfrew
Target, Nuremberg

EE 958

Mark 111
Code letter AA - X
Joined Sqn 11 Aug 1943
Left Sqn 22 Oct 1943
Re joined Sqn 25 Nov 1943
Left Sqn 3 May 1944

EE 982

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 24 July 1943
F/S M H C Ashdown [NZ]
Sgt R Broadley
Sgt A Cleveland
F/S H C Dawson [NZ]
Sgt E C Denyer [NZ]
Sgt R K Harrold [NZ]
Sgt R W Threadgold [NZ]

EF 130

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 27 Aug 1943
Left Sqn F T R 4 Oct 1943
Sgt E F Hudson
Sgt T Lackenby
Sgt C J Massie
Sgt H J Middleton Pilot
F/S C Pennycook
Sgt L Pow
Sgt E Thorpe
Target, Frankfurt

EF 135

Mark 111
Code letter AA - W
Joined Sqn 2 Sep 1943
Left Swn FTR 28 Sep 1943
Crew no injuries
Target, Hannover U/C collapsed landing at Mepal
on return from mission

EF 137

Mark 111
Code letter AA - E
Joined Sqn 2 Sept 1943
Left Sqn FTR 23Apr 1944
M Lammas P 421728 Pilot
F/S R [Bob] Bailey T/Gun 429072
Ivar Larsen [Norwegian] RCAF MU/Gun
F/S Vaughan D W NZ 429046 Navigator
Plus 3 Londoners
Target, Mining Kiel Bay,
crashed Vemnenaes Denmarkshot down by a night fighter
Last Stirling lost on ops on 75 Sqn [last of 72]

EF 142

Mark 111
Code letter AA - C
Joined Sqn 24 Sep 1943
Left Sqn FTR 24 Oct 1943
F/S P M East [NZ]
Sgt W R Myhill [NZ]
F/S J J Purves [NZ] 422207
Crew
4 KIA
2 Injured
1 uninjured
Target, mining, overshot runway at Mepal,
crashed 1 1/2 miles from Mepal

EF 148

Mark 111
Code letter AA - R
Joined Sqn 15 Sept 1943
Left Sqn FTR 22 Nov 1943
Crew 7 KIA
Target, Berlin

EF 152

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 15 Sept 1943
Left Sqn 29 Jun 1944

EF 163

Mark
Code letter JN - L
Joined Sqn 26 Sep 1943
Left Sqn FTR 17 Dec 1943
Sgt R Askew
Sgt R H Emmerson
F/O R F Jenkin [NZ] 416119
P/O C J Kinross [NZ] 417069 Pilot
Sgt W A Savage
Sgt J A Warner
1 injured
Target, mining, crashed at Biddington Farm Sutton, Cambridgeshire.
Mine hung up

EF181

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 24 Sep 1943
Left Sqn 25 Mar 1944

EF 200

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 21 Oct 1943
Left Sqn 7 Nov 1943

EF201

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 21 Oct 1943
Left Sqn 4 Nov 1943

EF 205

Mark
Joined Sqn 21 Oct 1043
Left Sqn 3 Nov 1943

EF 206

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 22 Oct 1943
Left Sqn 4 Nov 1943

EF 207

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 23 Oct 1944
Left Sqn 4 May 1944

EF 211

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 22 Oct 1943
Left Sqn 3 Nov 1943

EF 215

Mark
Code letter AA - M
Joined Sqn 1 Feb 1944
Left Sqn FTR 5 Mar 1944
Crew
6 KIA
1 POW
Target, S O E op in France

EF 217

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 9 Nov 1943
Left Sqn 31 Mar 1944

EF 251

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 21 Dec 1943
Left Sqn 21 Mar 1944

EF 254

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 1 Jan 1944
Left Sqn 30 Mar 1944

EF 309

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 22 June 1943
F/S K A Burbridge [NZ] 412200
Sgt G Cameron [NZ]
Sgt G Lockey [NZ]
F/S A J Mc Ewin [NZ] 417077
F/S D E Martin [NZ] 413872
Sgt K F Shaw [NZ]
F/S W F Wilcockson [NZ] 42314

EF 327

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 29 Jan 1944
Left Sqn 30 Mar 1944

EF 332

mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 9 May 1943
Left Sqn 18 May 1943

EF 337

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 1 Feb 1943
Left Sqn 2 Mar 1943

EF 340

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 24 Mar 1943
Left Sqn FTR 5 May 1943
Sgt F H Bennetton [NZ]
P/O R H W Bentley [NZ] 414580
Sgt W Harkness [NZ]
Sgt J McL Boswell [NZ]
Sgt E H R Lamb [NZ] 413709
Sgt G H Rogers [NZ]
P/O R F Westwood [NZ]
Target, Mining Frisians

EF 346

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 12 Jun 1943
Left Sqn FTR 6 July 1943
Sgt A Lackenby [NZ]
Sgt L O Lewington [NZ]
Sgt J B Mc Loughlin [NZ]
Sgt C J Moore [NZ]
Sgt W E Stobbs [NZ]
Sgt D A A Taylor [NZ]
Target, Mining Frisians

EF 398

Mark 1
Code letter AA - A
Joined Sqn 5 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 29 May 1943
Sgt W Bramwell [NZ]
Sgt A R Cardoo [NZ]
Sgt J J Chandler [NZ]
Sgt O A Innes [NZ] 421935
F/O C H Riddle [NZ] 41190
F/O H Tong [NZ] 416648
F/O R B Vernazoni [NZ] 416185 Pilot
Target, Wuppertal, shot down by night fighter
crashed near Limburg, Holland

EF 400

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 23 May 1943
Left Sqn 30 June 1943

EF 408

Mark 111
Code letter AA - P
Joined Sqn 21 May 1943
Left Sqn FTR 22 Jun 1943
F/S S R Bisset [NZ] 415738,
Sgt C B Hemmings [NZ]
Sgt F J Hobbs [NZ]
Sgt E H Reader [NZ]
F/S G K Sampson [NZ]
Sgt S L Webb [NZ]
F/S B B Wood [NZ] Pilot
Target, Mullheim, crashed near Gelesnkirchen

EF 412

Mark
Code letter AA - F
Joined Sqn 13 Mar 1943
Left Sqn 18 Jun 1943

EF 435

Mark
Code letter AA - J
Joined Sqn 12 June 1943
Left Sqn 24 Aug 1943

EF 440

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 8 Jul 1943
Left Sqn 19 Jul 1943

EF 453

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn
Left Sqn FTR 22 Nov 1943
F/O J Brothwell
Sgt V S Hughes
F/S J E S Margetts [NZ] 422665
F/S A R Single [NZ] Pilot
F/S E R Whittington [NZ] 416050

EF 454

Mark
Code letter AA - A
Joined Sqn 16 Jul 1943
Left Sqn 6 Apr 1944

EF 456

Mark
Code letter
Joined Sqn 14 Jul 1943
Left Sqn 26 Jul 1943

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