AM 345 SOE Operation STIRRUP VIII B 3 Swallow

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Særmelding BBC : "Røya fallt i bakken"
Code : ARNE Signal bakke: "Y" Signal fly:
EUREKA: NA
GEE: NA

CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND MERKNAD
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12 10 500 300 135/50 05:26

Squad: RAF 299
1. F/O Anderson A G Stirling IV PK225 5G-Q "A" Flight MIA
2. F/Lt Plummer C P Stirling IV LK130 5G-H "A" Flight

Out: 21:38/21:38 DROP NC/01:10 C

• 1
• F/Lt Arbuthnott. G A
• F/Sgt Dawkins R A W
• F/Sgt Davidson W I RNZAF
• WO Green L
• F/Sgt Smith D C R
• Sgt Jeffrey L
• 2
• 130625 F/Lt Plummer C P
• 142136 F/O Owen D A
• J.435822 F/O Loveland H A
• 01700086 Basher J B
• 44341 F/Lt Farrel N C

1. Missing, no news.

2. NORWAY. Successfully dropped 12P and 10C on DZ at 5902/0832E . Recognised by map reading. Weather good over NORWAY. L/F seen at-5902/0832. No damage. Pin pint on way in, Correct receptions light on DZ flashing "Y".

Route: Base - 5450/0150E - 5745/0830E - 5745/0830E - DZZ - RSR.
Nor coast: 00:32 at 10.000' 01:38 10.000'.

VIs good, 4-5/10 at 3000ft over sea. Over Norway 2-3/10 at 4-7000'. Vis 15-20 miles. Good trip.

AIR-27-1654-24 p9/10 AIR-27-2587 p99

"30/31.3.45 Stirling Mk IV PK225 5G - Q 299 Sqdn RAF
F/Lt Arbuthnott. George Anderson RAFVR - Pilot - died
F/Sgt Robert Alfred Walter Dawkins RAFVR - Navigator - died
F/Sgt Wilfred Ian Davidson RNZAF - Air Bomber - died
WO Leslie Green RAFVR - Wireless Op / Gunner - died
F/Sgt David Clement Raymond Smith RAFVR - Tail Gunner - died
Sgt Leonard Jeffrey RAFVR - Flight Engineer - died
All commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, "
See Aircraft lost allied operations p 514

"That it was a casualty of the night is established by its history card which records its loss through flying battle damage on 30/31 March. No 299 Squadron also lost two Stirlings, LK332 flown by F/L Trevor-Roper, and PK225 captained by F/L Anderson. The success rate for the night was high but the cost was prohibitive. Unfortunately, it was a pattern that was to repeat itself throughout April when good weather allowed intensive operations as the war rolled over the German borders."

Page 141 "Flights of the Forgotten"

"The other loss was the crew of F/Lt Arbuthnot Anderson, although the circumstances surrounding the loss of this aircraft is also unclear. The Stirling PK225 5G-Q is believed to have crashed into the North Sea with the loss of all six crew members. The crew also were briefed to drop on Stirrup 8. Again, this region was under the control of Milorg D-16, and it is understood that the crew were operating in support of "Starlight In 2012, while surveying for a future high voltage cable connection between the UK and Norway the wreckage of an unidentified ‘bomber’? was discovered. In 2017, the ‘bomber’? was re-visited and photographs of what appeared to be the remains of a Short Stirling were found. The media have since reported that the wreckage found was that of Short Stirling PK225 SG-Q."

Dropping Hope From The Sky: No. 299 Squadron Operations 1944-46 Steve Smith.

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