Stirling III EH948 - Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea                                                  Updated: 09 JAN 2022
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777677.htm Bruhns H H P/O RNZAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777678.htm Butler L L F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777682.htm Hall R E Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777680.htm Harry J W Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a113117.htm Sawtell A H F/Sgt RAAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 b050744 c113.htm Aabenraa
e777679.htm Summers W J Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777681.htm Wilkes E A Sgt RAF 75 p272.htm STI EH948 Minelaying Kiel Bay/Baltic Sea d240244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


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)

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Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  06 MAR 2026   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)

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.

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Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  06 MAR 2026  7 airmen.