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152
10th January 1942 152 Squadron Spitfire IIA P8266 Sgt. Sturt

Operation: Jim Crow

Date: 10th January 1942 (Saturday)

Unit: No. 152 Squadron. (motto: 'Faithful Ally') 12 Group

Type: Spitfire IIA

Serial: P8266

Code: UM-?

Base: RAF Coltishall, Norfolk

Location: North Sea - lost without trace

Pilot: Sgt. Henry Twite Sturt NZ/404963 RNZAF Age 21. Missing - believed killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off at 11:45 hrs on a shipping reconnaissance operation and was lost without trace. The only loss from the squadron on this day.

Above: 19th January, 1941 - RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

L-R: Rear; Ivan Clarence Hugh Sullivan NZ/404990, Frank Vernon Watkins N/404847 - killed 20th December 1942, Keith Williamson Morrison NZ.404396 killed 21st July 1943, William Adamson Moodie NZ/404923 - killed 05th February 1942, Reginald Sidney Lees NZ/404907 - killed 27th July 1942, James Francis Sheridan NZ/404952, Henry Twite Sturt NZ/404963 - killed 10th January 1942, RE Scott, Howard Arthur Crafts NZ/404901.

Centre; Gerald Edmond Rawson NZ/404943 - killed 24th October 1943, Brian Thomas Verry NZ/404971, P.S Voss, Ivan Reid Mitchell NZ/404921 - died 18 October 2008, Roy Oldfield Calvert NZ/404890 - died 26 March 2002, Valentine Stuart Moore NZ/404924 - died 20 November 1969 (C 10 5N-ABD crash. DSO, DFC, DFM), Brian Joseph O'Connor NZ/404933 - killed 22 October 1942, J.J Richardson.

Front; Charles Napier Richards NZ/404846 - died 01st November 2004, Trevor Bernard Robertson NZ/404948 - killed 15th October 1941, T.H Morgan, Colin Valentine McPherson NZ/404912 - killed 26th July 1942, George Rattray NZ/404409 - died 01st December 2002, Frank Robert Traynor NZ/402525 - killed 06th March 1941, Mervyn James Taylor NZ/404965 - killed 26th February 1944, Thomas Donald Gordon Murray NZ/404925 - killed 15th September 1942.

Burial personal details:

Sgt. Henry Twite Sturt. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 118. Born on the 24th October 1920 at Christchurch. Worked as a clerk for for the NZ Insurance Company in Auckland prior to service. Enlisted at Levin on the 01st December 1940. Commenced training on the 19th January 1941 at No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School. Embarked for Canada on the 27th March 1941. Further training with No. 6 Service Flying Training School. Pilots badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 03rd July 1941. Embarked for England on the 15th July 1941. Joined 61 Operational Training Unit on the 17th August 1941 On the 07th October 1941 joined 152 squadron. Son of Reginald W. and Gertude Sturt of Nelson New Zealand. Husband of Phyllis Sturt, (nee Walker - later Franklin) of Chiswick, Middlesex, England.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to the extensive research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland Library Heritage Collection, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:

KTY 24-09-2021

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Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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