BF378 LS-T

Short Stirling I

Code lettersLS-T
SquadronNo. 15 Squadron
MarkI
FateLost on operations
Lost19 February 1943

Notes

Stirling Mk I BF378 (LS-T) of No. 15 Squadron took off from Bourne at 17:53 for the Wilhelmshaven raid of 19/20 February 1943 and was lost in the Waddenzee; the kill was credited to Oblt Hans-Joachim Jabs of IV./NJG1 at 21:14. All seven crew were killed.

Operations flown

Operation Wilhelmshaven (19 February 1943)Failed to return

Crew: Paul Terence Howson (Other) · William Henry Macklin (Other) · Clarence Roy Long (Other) · Arnold Harvey Borrett (Other) · Kenneth Stuart (ken) Keeble (Other) · Charles John Jay Wellesley (Other) · Bernard Verdun Crawford (Pilot)

Source: Bomber Command campaign diary & squadron loss records — Wilhelmshaven raid, 19/20 February 1943