Kl. 21.03 den 18. august 1942 lettede STI W7618 fra RAF Downham Market på et bombetogt mod Flensborg. Det var flyets første operative flyvning.

De tre overlevende blev samlet op af en dansk fiskerbåd efter at have tilbragt tre dage i deres redningsflåde. (p101MACR) Se også Reddet af fiskere.

Pilot Officer (Air Observer) James Ronald Fairbank Soutar, 22 år, var søn af James H. og Ella M. Soutar, Richard, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Han er begravet på KIEL WAR CEMETERY i Tyskland, grav 5. B. 10. (Kilde: CWGC) Se Overblik.

2 flyvere fra STI W7618 blev begravet i TYSKLAND. 2 har ingen kendt grav. 3 flyvere blev som krigsfanger ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

7 flyvere.

At 21.03 hrs. on 18 August 1942 STI W7618 took off from RAF Downham Market on a bombing raid targeting Flensburg. See also Rescued by fishermen.
W7618's first operational sortie. The three survivors were picked up by a Danish fishing boat after spending three days in their dinghy. (p101MACR)

Pilot Officer (Air Observer) James Ronald Fairbank Soutar, 22, was the son of James H. and Ella M. Soutar, of Richard, Saskatchewan, Canada.
He is buried in KIEL WAR CEMETERY in GERMANY, Grave  5. B. 10. (Source: CWGC) See Overview.
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 245.

2 airmen from STI W7618 were buried in GERMANY. 2 have no known grave. 3 airmen were as POWs taken to German POW-Camps.

See No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF * No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association * Short Stirling 
Stirling I W7618 HA-V took off from RAF Downham Market at 2107 hours on 18 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.