Stirling I N6129 - The North Sea off Rømø                                             Updated:  09 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e444017.htm Brandish R S Sgt RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
a045007.htm Eldridge R C P/O RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 b010842 c045.htm Kirkeby
e777359.htm Farquharson C M P/O RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a045008.htm Helyer R K Sgt RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 b010842 c045.htm Kirkeby
e777360.htm Horder R D Sgt RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e444019.htm Jackson N Sgt RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
e444018.htm Windle H Sgt RAF 218 p094.htm STI N6129 Bomb G North Sea off Rømø d290742 e444 e444.htm GERMANY


Den 29. juli 1942 styrtede STI N6129 i Nordsøen vest for Rømø (måske omkring her) under et bombetogt til Hamburg. Hele besætningen omkom.

R. C. Eldridge og R. K. Helyer blev fundet drevet i land på Rømø den 30. juli 1942. Den 1. august blev de begravet i Kirkeby af feltpræst Bukin, Sild. (Kilde: FAF)
R. S. Brandish, N. Jackson og H. Windle blev begravet i Kiel i Tyskland. C. M. Farquharson og R. D. Horder forsvandt i havet.

2 flyvere fra STI N6129 blev begravet i Kirkeby på Rømø. 3 blev begravet i Kiel i Tyskland. 2 har ingen kendt grav.

7 flyvere.

On 29 July 1942 STI N6129 crashed in the North Sea west of Rømø (maybe about here) on a bombing raid on Hamburg. All of the crew perished.

R. C. Eldridge and R. K. Helyer were found drifted ashore on Rømø on 30 July 1942.
On 1 August they were buried in Kirkeby. Navy Chaplain Bukin from Sylt (here) officiated at the graveside ceremony.

R. S. Brandish, N. Jackson and H. Windle were buried in Kiel in Germany. C. M. Farquharson and R. D. Horder disappeared into the sea.
2 airmen from STI N6129 were buried in Kirkeby on Rømø. 3 were buried in Kiel in Germany. 2 airmen have no known grave.

See Bomber Command No. 218 Squadron and 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association. This Stirling took off from RAF Marham. Lost Bombers has this. 7 airmen.