Stirling Mk. I W7513 (AA-G) - SW of Lolland                                        Updated: 23 JAN 2023 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777792.htm Boxall CHG Sgt RAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777791.htm Church D Sgt RAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777787.htm Halliburton K Sgt RNZAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777793.htm Howell A C Sgt RNZAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777789.htm Hunter P T Sgt RNZAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777790.htm Scarfe L T Sgt RAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777788.htm Sidhu D S Sgt RAF 075 p459.htm STI W7513 Minelaying SW of Lolland d280443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 29. april 1943 styrtede STI W7513 i havet omkring her nær Vesternæs. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"28.-29. april 1943 (kl. 0035) Langelands Bælt nær Vesternæs.  Stirling Mk I W7513 (AA-G)
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 86-88-9)
Af de 207 fly gik 15 fly tabt over dansk område, se Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Kun 4 flyvere fra de 23 fly overlevede! Se også Minelægningsområder og Lancaster fotos.
Google Map planesRNZAF 7 flyvere.

On 29 April 1943 STI W7513 crashed into the sea about here near Vesternæs. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"28 - 29 april 1943 (00:35) 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 86-88-9) See Minelaying areas.
15 of the 207 bombers were lost over Danish territory, see Google Map p169+MINELAYING. Only 4 airmen from the 23 lost planes survived!

See No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. 75 Squadron Association NZ + UK.
Stirling I W7513 AA-G took off from RAF Newmarket at 20:42 on 28 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this+Archive Report.) 

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 Halliburton failed to return. Google Map planesRNZAF   7 airmen.