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Stirling EF128 Information

Type	Stirling
Serial Number	EF128
Squadron	622
X1D	GI-D
Operation	Mannheim
Date 1	18th November 1943
Date 2	19th November 1943

Further Information

"Serial Range EF114 - EF163. 50 Stirling Mk.111. Part of a batchof 260 Short s.29 Stirling Mk.111/1V. EE871-EE918; EE937-EE975; EF114-EF163; EF177-EF217; EF231-EF277; EF289-EF316 Mk.111; EF317-EF323 Mk.1V; EE889; EF900; EF960; EF962; EF966; EF141; EF213; EF214; EF234; EF237;EF241-EF244; EF248; EF256;EF260; EF261; EF263-EF265; EF267-EF270; EF272-EF277; EF292; EF293; EF295- EF298; EF303; EF305; EF306; EF309; EF311; EF314; EF316 were converted to Mk.1V. Delivered by Short & Harland between Aug43 and Sep43. Contract No.774677/38. Delivered to No.622 Sqdn 30Aug43. EF128 was one of two No.622 Sqdn Stirlings lost on this operation. See: EJ113. Airborne 1710 18Nov43 from Mildenhall. Cause of loss not established. Crashed at Lachalade, Meuse (or La Challande), 30 km of Verdun, France. Those killed are buried in Lachalade (La Challande) Churchyard. F/S W.J.Morecombe RAAF KIA F/S H.L.R.Richards RNZAF KIA Sgt A.E.Sly KIA F/S D.S.Smith KIA Sgt R.Harper PoW Sgt S.A.Thomas KIA F/S R.M.Conroy RAAF KIA Sgt A.A.Ough KIA Sgt R.Harper initially evaded until captured near Fismes 31Dec43 and incarcerated in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp before internment in Camp L3, PoW No.8094. "