Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. SIG2898 The threat of invasion might

The threat of invasion might be over but a terrible price had been paid - during that long battle for the survival of Britain 544 had been killed and 422 wounded

The aircraft performed well in this role because it was a good gun platform with sufficient speed to overtake the RAF night bombers

Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 of 10 Staffel

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Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. SIG2898 The threat of invasion mightDHM1326. Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. Outward bound, Stirling III of 199 Squadron based at Lakenheath, Suffolk, heads out on another night of operations in August 1943. EE953, Sqd letters EX E of 100 group is piloted by F L Tom Austin DFC who finished his tour by the end of October 1944, winning the DFC with his bomb aimer F O Jack Lawrence. Nicknamed the Queen of the Skies, the Stirling was the 1st four engined bomber to