Stirling I W7613 - Juvre Dyb at Rømø                                                  Updated: 10 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777368.htm Cooper K J Sgt RAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777366.htm Dawson J W Sgt RAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777367.htm Drake J R F/O RAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a014058.htm Du Toit JCF F/Lt RAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 b201042 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777370.htm Menard JDR F/Sgt RCAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a014059.htm Parkinson A I Sgt RNZAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 b301042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014060.htm Read MFB W/Cdr RAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 b201042 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777369.htm Speed J Sgt RAF 218 p118.htm STI W7613 Bomb G Juvre Dyb at Rømø d011042 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


"På bombetogt mod Hearnwyk ved Lübeck nedstyrtede et Stirling fly i Nordsøen den 1. oktober 1942. Alle 8 om bord omkom.

F/Lt Du Toit og Wing Commander Read blev indbragt fra Hviding (fundet måske omkring her) og begravet den 20. oktober 1942.
Sgt Parkinson inddrev ved Vejers strand (omkring her) og begravedes den 30. oktober 1942. - Den øvrige besætning har ingen kendt grav." (FAF)
"Stirling Mk. I, W7613, styrtede i Nordsøen, formodentlig ud for Mandø." (p118MACR) Forklarer hvorfor 2 blev indbragt fra Hviding og 1 fra Vejers til Esbjerg.

Fra STI W7613 er 3 flyvere begravet i Esbjerg og 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 8 flyvere.

On a bombing raid on Hearnwyk at Lübeck a Stirling crashed into the North Sea on 1 October 1942. (Maybe about here.) All 8 on board perished.

F/Lt Du Toit and Wing Commander Read were taken from Hviding (found maybe about here) to Esbjerg and buried on 20 October 1942.
Sgt Parkinson drifted ashore at Vejers (about here) and was buried on 30 October 1942. - The rest of the crew have no known graves. (Source: FAF)
"Stirling Mk. I, W7613 crashed in the North Sea, off Mandø Island presumed." (p118MACR) Explains why 3 airmen were found and taken to Esbjerg.

3 airmen from STI W7613 were buried in Esbjerg, and 5 others have no known graves.

See  No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF * No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association * Short Stirling 
Stirling I W7613 HA-N took off from RAF Downham Market at 19.48 hours on 01 OCT 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  
8 airmen.