Stirling MK IV LK193 -  Coast off Sheringham / Cromer                    Updated: 12 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e666002.htm Bennett A O F/Sgt RAF 196 p437r.htm STI LK193 Drop in DK Sheringham/Cromer d030445 b111111 e666.htm UK
e666001.htm Carroll N F/O RAAF 196 p437r.htm STI LK193 Drop in DK Sheringham/Cromer d030445 b111111 e666c.htm Cambridge,UK
e666005.htm Grain J Wt/O RAF 196 p437r.htm STI LK193 Drop in DK Sheringham/Cromer d030445 b111111 e666c.htm Cambridge,UK
e666003.htm Hughes G Wt/O RAF 196 p437r.htm STI LK193 Drop in DK Sheringham/Cromer d030445 b111111 e666c.htm Cambridge,UK
e666006.htm Marshall R E F/Sgt RAF 196 p437r.htm STI LK193 Drop in DK Sheringham/Cromer d030445 b111111 e666c.htm Cambridge,UK
e666004.htm Philo SJV Wt/O RAF 196 p437r.htm STI LK193 Drop in DK Sheringham/Cromer d030445 b111111 e666c.htm Cambridge,UK


Disse flyvere er mindet på Mindetavlen i Rebild på Flyverstenen i Rebild, her i foto og tekst fra Rebildselskabet - Dansk Amerikansk Venskabsforening,
der hvert år fejrer 4. juli i Rebild Bakker. De mindes også i London. Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes. Se Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af liv + 3.

 Finn Buch har indhentet disse oplysninger i kort form, her som almindelig tekst:
Natten mellem 2. og 3. april 1945 var Stirling MK IV LK193 på operation SOE Tablejam 260 med containere, der skulle nedkastes i Danmark. Det forlod flybasen Shepherds Grove kl. 2230, men styrtede ud for kysten ved Sheringham kl. 2250! (Ulykkesbeskrivelsen: "Flyet vides at have ramt havet og eksploderet ud for den
britiske kyst, nær Cromer. Det vides ikke om styrtet skyldtes en teknisk fejl." Cromer er 6,5 km øst for Sheringham. Flyet må være styrtet ned omkring her.) Hele besætningen døde med undtagelse af flyversergent Bennett, som senere døde af sine kvæstelser den 2. juni 1945. CWGC bruger 3. april som dødsdato for andre besætningsmedlemmer, så den dato bruges også her som dato for nedstyrtningen.

6 flyvere. 5 besætningsmedlemmer er begravet i en fællesgrav på Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom, også kaldet Newmarket Road Cemetery, se fotos.
Flyversergent Bennett er begravet på Hinckley (Barwell) Cemetery.

These airmen are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild on the Aviator Stone in Rebild, here in photo and text from the
Rebild Society - A Danish American Friendship Organization which every year celebrates 4 July in the Rebild Hills. See also 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.

Finn Buch has obtained this information in a short version, here as plain text:
During the night between 2 April and 3 April 1945 Stirling MK IV LK193 was on Operation SOE Tablejam 260 with containers to be dropped in Denmark. It left
Shepherds Grove Air Base at 2230 hrs, but crashed off the coast at Sheringham at 2250 hrs! (Description of Accident: "The aircraft is known to have struck the sea
and exploded off the British Coast, near Cromer. Not known whether crash was due to a technical defect." Cromer is 4 miles east of Sheringham. The plane must have crashed about here.) The whole crew died except F/Sgt Bennett, who later died from his injuries 2 June 1945. The CWGC uses the date of death 3 April for other crewmembers, so that date is also used here as date for the crash.  See Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost.

6 airmen. 5 crewmembers are buried in a collective grave at Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom, also called Newmarket Road Cemetery, see photos.
F/Sgt Bennett is buried in Hinckley (Barwell) Cemetery.

See Bomber Command No. 196 Squadron * RAF Shepherds Grove Suffolk. 196 Sqn at Unit Histories. This Stirling took off from RAF Shepherds Grove. 7 flyvere.