Den 24. august 1943 antages
STI BF522 at være styrtet ned i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen
fra et bombetogt til Berlin.
SOS sendt kl. 03.34 den 24. august 1943. (Kilde:
p212MACR) IBCC nævner sidst
ved hver flyver problemer med
Navigation med at finde målet. Antiluftskyts og jagerforsvar formidabelt. 56
af 727 fly gik tabt.
Pilot Officer William Martin, 23 år, var
søn af William og Edith Martin, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 176 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var Pilot
på STI BF522. (Kilde:
MACR)
1 flyver fra STI BF522 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 i
Esbjerg. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.
On 24 August 1943 STI
BF522 was believed crashed in the North Sea on the return flight from a
bombing raid on Berlin.
SOS sent at 03.34 hrs. on 24 August 1943. (Source:
p212MACR) The IBCC mentions
at each airman problems of
Navigation - hard to find the target. The flak and fighter defences were
formidable. 56 of 727 aircraft failed to return.
Pilot Officer William Martin, 23, was the
son of William and Edith Martin, of Welland, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
176, 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 205.
He was the Pilot of STI
BF522. (Source: MACR)
1 airman from STI BF522
was buried in Lemvig and 1 in Esbjerg. 5 airmen have no known grave.
See
No.
218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF-Wikipedia and
No. 218 (Gold
Coast) Squadron Association.
Stirling III BF522 HA-N
took off from
RAF Downham Market
at 20.40 hrs on 23 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
See
p212MACR. 7 airmen.
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