Stirling III KH948 - Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea                                                  Updated:  18 JAN 2012
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777677.htm Bruhns H H P/O RNZAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777678.htm Butler L L F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777682.htm Hall R E Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777680.htm Harry J W Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a113117.htm Sawtell A H F/Sgt RAAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 b050744 c113.htm Aabenraa
e777679.htm Summers W J Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777681.htm Wilkes E A Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI KH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 24. februar 1944 styrtede STI KH948 i Kiel Bugt/Østersøen måske omkring her i forbindelse med en minelægningsoperation, se Minelægningsområder.
Kun A. H. Sawtell blev fundet skyllet i land. Han blev begravet i Aabenraa den 5. juli 1944.
H. H. Bruhns, L. L. Butler, R. E. Hall, J. W. Harry, W. J. Summers og E. A. Wilkes blev meldt savnet. (Kilde: FAF)

7 flyvere.


On 24 February 1944 STI KH948 crashed in the Kiel Bay / the Baltic Sea maybe about here in connection with a minelaying operation, see Minelaying areas.
Only A. H. Sawtell was found washed ashore. He was buried in Aabenraa on 5 July 1944.
H. H. Bruhns, L. L. Butler, R. E. Hall, J. W. Harry, W. J. Summers and E. A. Wilkes were reported Missing in Action. (Source: FAF)

See Bomber Command No. 75 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. This Stirling took off from RAF Mepal.

7 airmen.