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Stirling EH887 Information

Type	Stirling
Serial Number	EH887
Squadron	218
X1D	HA-Z
Operation	D_sseldorf
Date 1	25th May 1943
Date 2	26th May 1943

Further Information

"Serial Range EH875 - EH909. 35 Stirling Mk.111. Part of a batch of 120 Short S.29 Stirling Mk.111. EH875-EH909; EH921-EH961; EH977-EH996; EJ104-EJ127 Mk.111, of which EH897, EH950 and EJ106 were converted to Mk.1V. Delivered by Austin Motors Ltd between May43 and Jul43. Contract No.B982939/39. Delivered to No.218 Sqdn 20May43. Airborne 0016 26may43 from Downham Market. Shot down by a night- fighter (Maj.Walter Ehle, 11./NJG1) and crashed at D_ren. Those killed are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. Sgt S.Collins KIA Sgt F.W.Bennett Inj Sgt A.W.Fincham KIA P/O C.F.Blanchard RNZAF KIA Sgt W.L.Ledbury KIA Sgt J.P.Roughan KIA Sgt J.C.Lamond RCAF KIA Sgt D.C.Maynard KIA Sgt F.W.Bennett was confined in Hospital NK because of injuries. No PoW No. 'Air Battle of the Ruhr', A.Cooper, records Sgt J.P.Roughan as Sgt J.P.Rougham. "