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  Stirling IV LK151 lost without trace 26/11 1944 The aircraft belonged to 138 Squadron RAF and was coded NF-E T/O Tempsford approx 20:21 OP: Tablejam 69 The Stirling took off on a mission to drop supplies to the Danish resistance at drop zone Tablejam 69 with the Danish name Rosalie on the island of Fyn. The position of the drop zone was 551747N 100600E and was found 13 km ENE of Assens and 2 km N of Glamsbjerg. The Stirling arrived over the drop zone at 23:25 hours and dropped its load on first pass. The reception committee from Odense received 18 containers and one package containing a Eureka. After this nothing was heard from the Stirling. The German War Diary reports: Kriegstagesbuch Des Kommandant im Abschnitt Südjülland for the night of 26 / 27 November 1944. 22:41 to 00:35: Flakalarm bef. V. Ugruko. Ca 6 feindliche Flugzeuge von W und O kommend, durchflogen mit verschiedenen kursen den Flakbereich mit flughöhen von 100,200 und 400 m. 2 Flugzeuge wurden von dem leichten Flakzeug Blaavand 6./204 mit 38 Schuss 2 cm beschossen. Erfolge wurden nicht beobachtet. Bei den Flugzeugen handelte es sich 4 mot. Störflugzeuge. The Stirling could well be one of the aircrafts reported to have been shot at by light flak from Blaavand. If so, it most probably crashed into the North Sea. The crew of the Stirling were: Pilot Flight Lieutenant Reginald Ronald Witham DFC 425800 RAAF from Australia, Flight Engineer Sergeant Reginald Hughes Berrett 1890825 RAF from United Kingdom, Navigator Flying Officer Thomas Patrick McHale J.24741 RCAF from Canada, Air Bomber Flying Officer Geoffrey Herbert Brandon Slinn RAAF 423263 from Australia, Wireless Operator Pilot Officer Charles Ellemann 186688 RAF from United Kingdom, Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Arthur Henry Bedggood 1853408 RAF from United Kingdom and Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Kenneth Naylor 1622999 RAF from United Kingdom. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in the United Kingdom.

  
  

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