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Stirling BF478 Information

Type	Stirling
Serial Number	BF478
Squadron	214
X1D	BU-G
Operation	Dortmund
Date 1	23rd May 1943
Date 2	24th May 1943

Further Information

"Serial Range BF455 - BF483. 29 Stirling Mk.111. Part of a batch of 200 Short S.29 Stirling Mk.1/111/1V. BF309- BF358; BF372-BF416; BF434-BF454 (116) Mk.1; BF455-BF483; BF500- BF534; BF561-Bf580 (84) Mk.111; BF464; BF468; BF532; BF575; BF580 were converted to Mk.1V. Delivered by Short & Harland between Jan43 and Apr43. Contract No.774677/38. Delivered to No.214 Sqdn 13Mar43. BF478 was one of three 214 Sqdn Stirlings lost on this operation. See: BF528; MZ261. Airborne 2306 23May43 from Chedburgh. Crashed in the sea off the Dutch Friesian islands, cause unknown. Sgt Street's body was eventually washed ashore and is buried in Vredenhof Cemetery on Schiermonnikoog; his six comrades are commemorated on the Runnymede memorial. Their average age was 22. Sgt Goldfinger's parents lived at Haifa, Israel. Sgt J.W.Evans RCAF KIA Sgt V.N.Walker KIA Sgt Z.Goldfinger KIA Sgt R.C.Child KIA Sgt H.Ward KIA Sgt R.V.Street KIA Sgt E.D.Ager KIA "