Den 11. august 1942 styrtede
STI R9162 i Skagerrak under en minelægningsoperation
(måske omkring
her - Kilde: AOD).
Hele besætningen omkom.
Sgt James Henry Storey blev fundet som lig på havet 4 km fra
Hjardemål Klit (omkring
her). Hans navn stod skrevet i den redningskrans, man fandt ham i.
Han blev begravet i Frederikshavn den 17. september 1942.
F/Sgt C. W. S. Oliver blev begravet i Larvik i Norge, mens Sgt L. R. Sims blev
begravet på Kviberg Kirkegård ved Gøteborg i Sverige.
4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF)
Flight Sergeant Garnet Floyd Smith, 21 år,
var søn af Robert og Nellie B. Smith, Finch, Ontario, Canada.
Hans navn er
på Panel 106 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se p096MACR og
Minelægningsområder. 7 flyvere.
On 11 August 1942
STI R9162 crashed in the Skagerrak on a minelaying
operation (maybe about
here - Source: AOD). All of the crew perished.
The body of Sgt J. H. Storey was found at sea 4 km off Hjardemål Klit (about
here). He
was found in a lifebuoy with his name on. He was buried in
Frederikshavn on 17 September 1942.
F/Sgt C. W. S. Oliver was buried in Larvik in Norway, while Sgt L. R. Sims was
buried in Kviberg Cemetery at Gothenburg in Sweden.
4 airmen have no known grave. (Source: FAF)
Flight Sergeant Garnet Floyd Smith, 21,
was the son of Robert and Nellie B. Smith, of Finch, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 106, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
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 243.
No. 149 Squadron
RAF * Stirling
Stirling
I R9162 OJ-Q took off from
RAF Mildenhall on 11
AUG 1942 targeting Silverthorn, Kattegat. Lost at sea. (Source:
p096MACR) See map of
Minelaying areas.
Stirling I R9162 OJ-Q took
off from RAF
Lakenheath on
10 AUG 1942 targeting Silverthorn, Kattegat. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
7 airmen.
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