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From Ian Tavender’s book “The Distinguished Flying Medal Register for the Second World War” : - Smith, Arnold George 651289 Sergeant No. 49 Sqn. LG 21/11/1941, Sorties 31, Flying hours 202. W.Op/Air Gnr. Air2/9334 Sergeant Smith has completed 202 hours operational flying, involving 31 flights over e...

John / Bob

Bryce Gomersall's The Stirling File confirms LK501 as QQ:L. If it is LK510, the book has the aircraft flying 18 ops with 196 Sqn. as ZO : U, W and then being transferred to 190 Sqn. where no further ops are recorded.

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Douglas

John

QQ would make this a 1651 CU aircraft and it look like a Mk. 111. I cannot make out the serial number on the photograph but a possibility is LK495. If so, Bryce Gomersall's book The Stirling File does not indicate any squadron.

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Douglas

Dave

I would also add my thanks for a great photograph. Lets see if we can find more examples of nose art relating to the Stirling (and other aircraft of Bomber Command).

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Douglas

The aircraft shown with what appears to be a dinosaur on the fuselage is recorded in Jonathan Falconer's book Stirling Wings as being an unidentifed Mark 1 Stirling probably from 7 Squadron. Interestingly in what appears to be the same photograph, the book has the word Sugar directly below the nose ...

Just trying to nudge this thread back onto the straight and narrow : hopefully the forum can keep sending photgraphs of Stirlings and nose art. It is a subject that deserves a bit of publicity. My favourite example of nose art on a Stirling so far is a 196 Squadron aircraft named Per Lager Ad Aspro....

John

The 199 Squadron aircraft in the foreground had a nose art called "Barney's Bull".

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Douglas

Alan

N6070 and R9187 were Mark 1 Stirlings whereas the Mid Upper turret looks like that from a Mk. 111 Stirling. This may be another Stirling to add to the list in another thread in the forum re Stirlings with 50 ops or more.

Douglas

Dave Truly magnificient photographs. Code HA-A would indicate a 218 Squadron aircraft so Steve Smith should be able to help us to identify. The nose art looks like a cartoon character called Reilly-Fowll?? (Really Foul) but I may be / am wrong. I would like to know what has been written or painted o...

As an addition to my previous post from Bryce Gomersall’s “The Stirling File” : Revised Edition published in 1987 by Air Britain ISBN 0 85130 152 5, there is a list of Stirlings which were recorded as having 50 or more operations : 75 operations : LJ 514 – 199 Squadron 71 operations : LJ 538 – 199 S...