Stettin
20 April 1943 — Stettin
- Date
- 20 April 1943
- Target
- Stettin, Germany
Narrative
Stettin, far to the east on the Baltic, was at the limit of Bomber Command’s reach in 1943, and a long, low approach was flown to reach it on the night of 20/21 April. The main force marked and bombed the centre with unusual accuracy, devastating a large part of the old town and the harbour, though a smoke-screen foiled a smaller force sent to hit the Heinkel aircraft works. It was among the most effective deep-penetration raids of the period.
Sortie details (which aircraft from which squadron, which crew flew, the outcome) will populate this page once the TNA AIR 27 squadron-diary importer arrives.
The fallen
276 airmen in this archive died on 20 April 1943 or the day that followed. For a raid of this kind these are overwhelmingly the night's losses, though a death-date match is not by itself proof an individual flew this operation.
- Sergeant Adam Anderson (20)
- Pilot Officer Frederick James Mackenzie Ashdown (30)
- Corporal George Thomas Atkinson (34)
- Sergeant John Watts Bagley (22)
- Lieutenant Ballard (21)
- Sergeant David Frank Rawlinson Banks (20)
- Pilot Officer John Loughnan Barnes (32)
- Sergeant Alexander Barrie (32)
- Sergeant Clarence Bertram Barrott (31)
- Warrant Officer Class II Gordon Harold Bartman (24)
- Pilot Officer Trevor William Bassan (24)
- Warrant Officer Class II William David Bates (25)
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Samuel Eric Bennett (31)
- Sergeant Peter Bigg (19)
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Albert Henry Birch (37)
- Squadron Leader Wilfred Albert Blake
- Leading Aircraftman Thomas Boan (20)
- Sergeant Thomas Boland (22)
- Sergeant Arthur Bone (22)
- Pilot Officer Ernest Booth (30)
- Flight Sergeant Frederick James Bowles (26)
- Flight Sergeant Gordon Ediss Boyes (20)
- Sergeant George Brady (36)
- Sergeant Bruce Thomas Brett (21)
See all 276 who died on 20 April →
Source: IWM — Bombing Stettin →