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Operation: Stuttgart
Date: 14/15th April 1943 (Wednesday/Thursday)
Unit: No. 90 Squadron
Type: Stirling III
Serial: BF462
Code: WP-P
Base: RAF Ridgewell, Essex
Location: Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit
Pilot: P/O. R.J. Beldin RAFVR PoW No: 1095 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Harry Noar 977618 RAFVR Age 27. Killed
Nav: Sgt. Edwin Arthur Shaw 1232268 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Air/Bmr: Sgt. Robert John Palmer 1230761 RAFVR Age 20. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: W/O II. Richard Barnett Blake 9529 RCAF Age 27. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Stanley Francis Gould 1384731 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Samuel Hammond 1031693 RAFVR Age ? Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Stirling BF462 taking off at 21.48 hrs to join 462 aircraft – 146 Wellington, 135 Halifaxes, 98 Lancasters, 83 Stirlings to attack Stuttgart again. Not classed as a huge success as the pathfinders although claiming to have placed the markers accurately the main bombing force hit the north east of the target.
It is understood that the Stirling was attacked by two night fighters identified as a Me110 and a Ju88. The confirmed claim was that of Hptm. Otto Materne of 4./NJG4 his second abschusse of the war. The time of the attack is placed at 01.48 hrs.
The effects of allied bombing on Stuttgart
Sgt. Harry Noar. Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit Churchyard. Grave 4. Son of Harry and Daisy Noar, stepson of Florence Noar, of Droylsden, Lancashire, England.
Sgt. Edwin Arthur Shaw. Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit Churchyard. Grave 6. Son of William and Alice Hannah Shaw, of Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire, England.
Sgt. Robert John Palmer. Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit Churchyard. Grave 1. Son of James Charles and Margaret Amy Palmer, of Circencester, Gloucestershire, England.
W/O II. Richard Barnett Blake. Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit Churchyard. Grave 2. Son of William Barnett Blake and Isabella Blake, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, husband of Rose M. Blake.
Sgt. Stanley Francis Gould. Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit Churchyard. Grave 5. Son of Robert Stanley and Frances Elizabeth Gould, of Dorking, Surrey, England.
Sgt. Samuel Hammond. Soude-Notre-Dame-Ou-Le-Petit Churchyard. Grave 3. Next of kin details not yet available - can you assist?
For further details our thanks to the following, Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vol's. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', ‘Bomber Command Database’, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vol's. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries (Updated 2014 version), 'Paradie Archive'. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Tom Kracker - 'Kracker Luftwaffe Archives'. Further information from these titles/organisations are available from us, just use the 'help' button on the main page above or 'add info' button also shown on this page.
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