Sergeant John Herbert Whitehart, 23 år, var søn af Arthur og Harriet Whitehart, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 169 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Den 29. april 1943 styrtede STI R9290 i havet omkring her nær Vesternæs. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"28.-29. april 1943 (kl. 0035) Langelands Bælt nær Vesternæs Stirling Mk. I R9290 (AA-X)
75 BS, 3 BG, Newmarket, Suffolk (Minering: Vestlige del af Fehmarn Bælt (omkring her)) 7 MIA.

Muligvis skudt ned i området, men ingen spor efter fly eller besætning." (FT 86-88-10) Se Minelægningsområder og Short Stirling.
Google Map planesRNZAF  7 flyvere.

Sergeant John Herbert Whitehart, 23, was the son of Arthur and Harriet Whitehart, of Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 169, 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 263.  

On 29 April 1943 STI R9290 crashed into the sea about here near Vesternæs. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"28 - 29 april 1943 (00.35 hours) The Langelands Bælt near Vesternæs.  Stirling Mk I W7513 (AA-G)
75 BS, 3 BG, Newmarket, Suffolk. (Minelaying: The western part of the Fehmarn Belt (about here)) 7 MIA.

Possibly shot down in the area, but the plane and the crew disappeared without a trace." (FT 86-88-10) See Minelaying areas.

See No. 75 Squadron RNZAF-Wikipedia * 75 Squadron Association NZ + UK.
Stirling I R9290 AA-X took off from RAF Newmarket at 20.41 hrs on 28 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 

75(nz)squadron has more, also 75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from April 1943, find entry of 28.4.1943,
and see that this plane with Captain Lewis failed to return.
7 airmen.