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25th/26th June 1942. Op= Bremen Wellington Ic DV721. -N

W/O C J Stirling DFM R.N.Z.A.F. (Killed)

F/S H H Jordan R.A.F. (Killed)

F/S A R Watkins R.A.F. (Killed)

F/O A Sharples R.A.F. (Killed)

F/S D H Baddeley R.A.F. (Killed)

Took-off at 2240hrs from Wing armed with 1 x 500lb GP (General Purpose) bomb and 6 SBC (Small Bomb Containers) containing 90 x 4lb incendiaries. Aircraft failed to return. All crew lie in Kiel War Cemetery. Details of the DFM held by W/O Stirling R.N.Z.A.F, who had served previously with 150 Squadron, were published in the London Gazette the day he died, 26th June. His tail gunner, F/S Baddeley had participated in the Battle of Britain, having been a member of 25 Squadron, equipped with Blenheim I’s.

Colin John Stirling and his crew lie together in Kiel War Cemetery (Cemetery photo Bob Boston)

13th/14th September 1942. Op= Bremen. Wellington Ic X9786 –F.

P/O R L Hage R.A.F. (Killed)

Sgt K D Jones R.A.F. (Killed)

Sgt A K Smith R.A.F. (Killed)

Sgt D Fisher R.A.F. (Killed)

W/O2 J A Gartlan R.C.A.F. (POW)

Took-off 2353hrs from R.A.F. Wing carrying 4 x 500lb GP bombs. Shot down by a night-fighter at 0548hrs flown by Hptm Wilheln Dorman, III/NJG1, plunging into the Ijsselmeer, some 2km West of Elburg. Those who died are buried in the New Eastern Cemetery at Amsterdam. P/O Hage was an American, serving with the Volunteer Reserve, from Missoula in western Montana.

Pilot Officer Robert Leo Hage, pilot of Vickers Wellington Ic X9786. This colour tinted photo of Robert was kindly supplied by Roberts’s cousin Jan Halvorson. Jan has also sponsored a memorial plaque to Robert and his crew for installation at the societies 26 O.T.U. Wing Airfield Memorial Buckinghamshire.

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25th/26th June 1942. Op= Bremen Wellington Ic DV721. -N

13th/14th September 1942. Op= Bremen. Wellington Ic X9786 –F.

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