Den 20. august 1942 styrtede STI W7615 i havet (måske omkring her) i forbindelse med en minelægningsoperation til Kiel Havn. Se Minelægningsområder.
Tog afsted 20.25 den 20. august 1942 fra RAF Downham Market. 4 fly mistet fra denne squadron den nat. (Kilde: p103MACR.) Kun STI W7615 er i www.airmen.dk.

E. Nettleton er begravet i Kiel. G. McAuley, B. W. Roberts, A. E. Burkitt og G. L. A. Neale blev meldt savnet. (Kilde: MACR)

Sergeant Albert Edward Burkitt var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 79 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra STI W7615 blev begravet i Odense, 1 i Aabenraa og 1 i Kiel i Tyskland. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 20 August 1942 STI W7615 crashed into the sea (maybe about here) in connection with a minelaying operation to Kiel Harbour. See Minelaying areas.
Left 20:25 20 August 1942 from RAF Downham Market. 4 lost from squadron that night. (Source: p103MACR.). Only STI W7615 is on www.airmen.dk.

E. Nettleton is buried in Kiel. G. McAuley, B. W. Roberts, A. E. Burkitt and G. L. A. Neale were reported Missing in Action. (Source: MACR)

Sergeant Albert Edward Burkitt was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 79, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 138.  

1 airman from STI W7615 was buried in Odense, 1 in Aabenraa and 1 in Kiel in Germany. 4 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF * No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association * Short Stirling 
Stirling I W7615 HA-M took off from RAF Downham Market at 20:50 on 20 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.