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.

Flying Officer Leslie James De'Ath, 23 år, var søn af Francis Edward og Ada De'Ath, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 124 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Air Bomber 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.

Flying Officer Leslie James De'Ath, 23, was the son of Francis Edward and Ada De'Ath, of Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 124, 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  154.
He was the Air Bomber 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.