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.
