Den 24. februar 1944 styrtede STI EH948 i Kiel Bugt/Østersøen måske omkring her i forbindelse med en minelægningsoperation, se Minelægningsområder.

Kun A. H. Sawtell blev fundet skyllet i land. Han blev begravet i Aabenraa den 5. juli 1944.

H. H. Bruhns, L. L. Butler, R. E. Hall, J. W. Harry, W. J. Summers og E. A. Wilkes blev meldt savnet. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant Eric Arthur Wilkes, 22 år, var søn af Charles L. og Florence G. Wilkes, Stoke, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 240 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Short Stirling.  Google Map planesRNZAF   7 flyvere.

On 24 February 1944 STI EH948 crashed in the Kiel Bay / the Baltic Sea maybe about here in connection with a minelaying operation, see Minelaying areas.

Only A. H. Sawtell was found washed ashore. He was buried in Aabenraa on 5 July 1944.

H. H. Bruhns, L. L. Butler, R. E. Hall, J. W. Harry, W. J. Summers and E. A. Wilkes were reported Missing in Action. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant Eric Arthur Wilkes, 22, was the son of Charles L. and Florence G. Wilkes, of Stoke, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 240, 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 264.  

See No. 75 Squadron RNZAF - Wikipedia. 75 Squadron Association NZ + UK.

Stirling III EH948 AA-Q took off from RAF Mepal at 18:10 on 24 FEB 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 

75(nz)squadron has more, also 75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from February 1944, find entry of 24.2.1944,
and see that this plane with Captain Bruhns failed to return.

Google Map planesRNZAF   7 airmen.