Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum

Hello, Allmost 4 months have passed since the Commemoration at Gardermoen Airfield was arranged on May 12th 2012. The 7 month research became a very exiting and fantastic journey, and thanks to Mary Ghrist in the Stirling Aircraft Society, this fantastic forum, local newspapers across the UK that wr...

Gunnar and Bengt, Great work keeping alive the memory of these tragic accidents - amazing to think F/O Atkinson was flying a four-engine aircraft with only a few hours experience on type and just days after a crash in UK! Good luck with your respective research, I look farward to following the stor...

Hello Gunnar or anyone else! I'm investigating the flying accident (LJ 899) at Lake Röjden on the Norwegian-Swedish border during the liberation of Norway, May 10, 1945. However, I would like to know if there is any litterateur (English or Norwegian) who covers the Operation Doomsday and Apostle as...

Gunnar Thanks for all the detail you have posted. I've contacted a few members of the Stirling Aircraft Society who served in 196 Squadron in 1945. They were often known by nicknames so any photos of the RAFVR airmen would be very helpful. I'm also trying some family history contacts. I have made c...

Also, from 'The Stirling Story' by MJ Bowyer, page 381 ........... Stirling LK147 - 6 MU 28 June 44, ZO-Z 196 Sqn 23 Sept 44, battle damage 23 Sept 44, ZO-Q 196 Sqn 28 Oct 44, EFA (Write off as a result of flying accident during non operational flying ) 10 May 45, loss of control in bad visibility,...

Sorry Gunnar I should have read your 1st post more carefully, I see you've already contacted the family of john breed! As for finding the others it's a big ask just down to the volume of numbers and the research needed. You could try contacting the BBC and see if they would be interested in running...

John, Thank you very much for your quick response and information. And thanx for the picture - great!!! Do we know if Mr. Breed was the pilot on LK147 during the battle damage 23 Sept 44, and what were the mission and geografical location? Looking forward to get even more information from you and ot...

I`m trying to find as many relatives as possible of the 20 men who died in this tragic Short Stirling LK147 crash during the liberation of Norway, Operation Doomsday, on May the 10th 1945. A short film that I made this autumn at the crashsite: http://vimeo.com/29142049 On saturday may the 12th 2012 ...