Monument Stirling EH888 Montfoort

Op 29 juni 2022 werd dit monument onthuld in de gemeente Montfoort in aanwezigheid van enkele familieleden. Op deze datum in 1943 stortte deze bommenwerper neer met een bemanning van 7 waarvan er 6 sneuvelden.

Details:
Date: 29-JUN-1943
Time: 02:40 LT
Type: Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator: 15 Squadron Royal Air Force (15 Sqn RAF)
Registration: EH888
C/n / msn: LS-Z
Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Heeswijk, province of Utrecht - Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Mildenhall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
The Stirling crashed at the banks of the channeled Hollandsche IJssel (hmp 127) near Heeswijk.

Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:45
Crew:
Pilot P/O. A.F. Saunders 149206 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 161
Flight engineer Sgt. J.L. Garfit 993649 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 158
Navigator Sgt. H. Mallen 958658 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.E. Matthews 1333334 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 159
Wo ag Sgt. S.J. Devereux 1224414 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 160
Air gunner Sgt. F.S. Kennedy 965752 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 163
Air gunner Sgt. F.W. Davis 953242 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 164