The German bomber dropped the explosive on the home of Stirling's King's Park FC on July 20, 1940, with a number of nearby residents injured and several properties damaged.

The Short Stirling was the RAF’s first four-engine heavy bomber during World War II, according to Stangvik, who said that the planes encountered problems flying above 15,000 feet when fully loaded.

The leader of a team that helped recover the remains of airmen from the wreckage of a World War Two bomber hopes dental records may identify them. The Short Stirling bomber, based at RAF Downham ...

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WORLD WAR II MEMORIES. I lived at Cliffe. At dusk on Friday 23 October 1942 I was watching dozens of Stirlings (four engine bombers) going to attack targets in Northern Italy.

Towards the end of September 1943, I was posted to 199 Heavy Bomber Squadron at Lakenheath, and was lucky enough to join the crew of a Stirling bomber, captained by an Australian, Allen Noble ...

After several circuits it went silent. The Stirling Bomber had crashed into a row of four cottages and a farmhouse at Rye Street and ended up in the field opposite.