RAF Stirling crew finally laid to rest

A funeral was held on September 28 for the six RAF and RCAF crewmen that perished in the 1943 crash of Short Stirling BK716 The service commemorated those that died in the 1943 crash of Short Stirling BK716 HA-J of 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron. The bomber was shot down over the Netherlands on March 30 of that year by a German night-fighter while flying home from a raid on Berlin. The aircraft was making only its third operational flight when