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Operation: Market Garden
Date: 18th September 1944 (Monday)
Unit: No. 570 Squadron
Type: Stirling IV
Serial: LK121
Code: V8-H
Base: RAF Harwell, Berkshire
Location: Opheusden, Holland
Pilot: P/O. Charles William Culling 186749 RAFVR Age 29. Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Vincent Williams 2211528 RAFVR Age 19. Killed
Nav: P/O. John Douglas Baker J/87670 RCAF Age 21. Killed
Air/Bmr: Fl/Sgt. Henky Ernest Browne 1518512 RAFVR Age ? Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: P/O. George Samuel Crawford Bell AUS/412361 RAAF Age 23. Killed
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Edward Philip Pope 1579644 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Radar/Op: Cpl. John Redmond Coleman R/94226 RCAF Age 26. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off from RAF Harwell, Berkshire as part of the "Operation Market Garden" at12.08 hrs. Towing a Horsa glider HG453 Chalk number 5000 with members of the 6080 Light Warning Unit (Radar) on board.
Stirling LK121 was hit by heavy flak and crashed at Opheusden at around 15.00 hrs. killing all the crew.Right: P/O. Charles William Culling
Sgt. Vincent Williams. Heteren General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row A. Coll. Grave 20-21. Son of Vincent Thomas Williams and Emily Williams, of Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
P/O. John Douglas Baker. Heteren General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row A. Coll. Grave 20-21. Son of Douglas and Sarah J. Baker, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Fl/Sgt. Henky Ernest Browne. Heteren General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row A. Coll. Grave 20-21. No further details available as yet.
P/O. George Samuel Crawford Bell. Heteren General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row A. Coll. Grave 20-21. Son of Walter Arthur and Catherine May Bell, of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.
Fl/Sgt. Edward Philip Pope. Heteren General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row A. Coll. Grave 20-21. Son of Alice Louie Findlay, of Highley, Shropshire, England.
Cpl. John Redmond Coleman. Heteren General Cemetery. Plot 2. Row A. Coll. Grave 20-21. Son of William Francis and Annie Margaret Coleman, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Staff/Sgt. Bernard Arthur Cummins 14287144 Glider Pilot Regiment A.A.C. 1st Wing. Arnheim Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Grave 3.D.7. Son of Arthur and Ivy Cummins, husband of Joyce Barbara Cummins, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England.
Crew graves (courtesy Andy Baker)
Researched for relatives of the crew. With thanks to the many people that have contributed information to this page of remembrance including, Robert Culling - son of the Stirling pilot, Bob Wilton, McGill Remembers project, McGill University Archives, Andy Baker, Australian War Memorial Archives, Les Allison and Harry Hayward - "They Shall Grow Not Old", Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Also thanks to Suzanne Halton - relative of Cpl. John Redmond Coleman who contacted us in November 2917.
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them. - Laurence
Binyon
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