Auf "Lost Bombers - A database of bombers lost during Wold War II" finden wir folgenden Eintrag bezüglich eines am 24. August 1943 bei Mahlsdorf abgestürzten Stirling-Bombers der Royal Air Force:

Stirling EE938 Information
Type: Stirling
Serial Number:   EE938
Squadron: 75
X1D: AA-X
Operation: Berlin
Date 1: 23rd August 1943
Date 2: 24th August 1943
Further Information
Serial Range EE937 - EE975. 39 Stirling Mk.111. Part of a batch of 260 Short S.29 Stirling Mk.111/1V. ... Delivered by Short & Harland between Jun43 and Aug43. Contract No.774677/38. Delivered to No.75 Sqdn 16Jul43 EE938 was one of three No.75 Sqdn Stirlings lost on this operation. See: BF465; BF564.
Airborne 2037 23Aug43 from Mepal. Cause of loss not established.
Crashed at Mahlsdorf, 12 km ESE of Berlin, where six are buried in the city's 1939-45 War Cemetery.
Sgt Munro has no known grave.

  • W/O T.Fear KIA
  • Sgt C.Munro KIA
  • Sgt B.H.Ruddy KIA
  • Sgt A.Bain KIA
  • Sgt D.G.Woocott KIA
  • Sgt J.A.C.Holmes RCAF KIA
  • Sgt A.Davidson RCAF KIA
  • Quelle: Lost Bombers (www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=10132)
    Bild: Short Stirling Bomber (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Stirling), Bild-Quelle: wikipedia.org


    Die Gräber der EE938-Besatzung liegen auf dem Friedhof an der Heerstraße verteilt in den Gräberfeldern 1 und 4.


    Die Datenbank der "Commonwealth War Grave Commission" liefert für die Bomber-Besatzung folgende Angaben:

  • Name:
  • FEAR, TREVOR
  • Nationality:
  • United Kingdom
  • Rank:
  • Warrant Officer (Pilot)
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
  • 75 Sqdn.
  • Age:
  • 21
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • 1317167
  • Add'l Information:
  • Son of Miltion John and Margaret May Fear, of Tredegar, Gwent.
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
  • 1. J. 13.
  • Cemetery:
  • BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2079437

  • Name:
  • MUNRO, CHARLES
  • Nationality:
  • United Kingdom
  • Rank:
  • Sergeant
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
  • 75 Sqdn.
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • 1566746
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Memorial Reference:
  • Panel 160.
  • Cemetery:
  • RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1077397

  • Name:
  • RUDDY, BRIAN HARTLEY
  • Nationality:
  • United Kingdom
  • Rank:
  • Sergeant (Nav.)
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
  • 75 Sqdn.
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • 1419688
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
  • 1. A. 1.
  • Cemetery:
  • BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2760875

  • Name:
  • BAIN, ANDREW
  • Nationality:
  • United Kingdom
  • Rank:
  • Sergeant (Air Bomber)
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
  • 75 Sqdn.
  • Age:
  • 27
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • 658930
  • Add'l Information:
  • Son of Alexander and Helen Cumming Bain; husband of Isabella Dougall Bain, of Burnside, Glasgow. A.C.1.I.
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
  • 4. K. 13.
  • Cemetery:
  • BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2078608

  • Name:
  • WOOLCOTT, DOUGLAS GEORGE
  • Nationality:
  • United Kingdom
  • Rank:
  • Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit:
  • 75 Sqdn.
  • Age:
  • 23
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • 1290189
  • Add'l Information:
  • Son of George and Isabel Woolcott, of Barking, Essex; husband of Iris Woolcott, of Barking.
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
  • 1. J. 7.
  • Cemetery:
  • BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2761532

  • Name:
  • HOLMES, JOSEPH ANDREW CLETUS
  • Nationality:
  • Canadian
  • Rank:
  • Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Unit:
  • 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • R/143622
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
  • 1. D. 17.
  • Cemetery:
  • BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2201571

  • Name:
  • DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER
  • Nationality:
  • Canadian
  • Rank:
  • Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
  • Regiment:
  • Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Unit:
  • 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
  • Age:
  • 19
  • Date of Death:
  • 24/08/1943
  • Service No.:
  • R/181120
  • Add'l Information:
  • Son of AlexanderDavidson, and of A.D. Davidson, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Casualty:
  • Commonwealth War Dead
  • Grave:
  • 1. J. 8.
  • Memorial:
  • BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
    Quelle: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2079233