This crew list is a memorial to the gallant, brave young men who gave their lives for their country at 02.10am on the morning of 18th May 1942, at Gals Klint forest 2km west of Middelfart, Denmark. It also remembers the sole survivor of the crash, without whose help much of the information on this site would never be in the public domain.

The link on any of the names will bring up a history of that airman as far as I know it, and the link to that crewmember's memorial in the War Graves site - but I would always hope to know more about the crew so please email me privately on philip(at)bluedoors.net if you can add any relevant information, or put an entry in my guestbook on the contact page. The crew are buried in the Commonwealth War Graves plot of the Odense cemetery. The moving account of their funeral is here. Some of the links carry the nicknames used by the crew for each other when they were 'off duty'.

Squadron Ldr. John Charles Hall - Pilot 41693 RAF. (Killed in Action)
Flt Lt. Neville George Richardson Booth - Pilot 81661 RAF. (Killed in Action)
Flt Officer John Patrick (Buck) Ryan - Navigator J4758 RCAF. (Killed in Action)
Sgt. John Bernard Butterworth - Air Gunner 1307679 RAF. (Killed in Action)
Sgt. Robert (Nick) Nicholson - Air Gunner 954208 RAF. (Killed in Action)
Sgt. Donald John (Duncan) Jeffs - Wireless Operator 1194379 RAF. (Survivor - P.O.W)
Sgt. Frank (Frankie) Leslie Sharp - Air Gunner 91003 RAF. (Killed in Action)
Sgt. Ronald (Ronnie) Maycock - Observer 1384147 RAF. (Killed in Action)
Sgt. Anthony (Spriggy) Spriggs - Flt. Engineer 568054 RAF. (Killed in Action)

See my Stirling page for pictures of the inside of a Stirling to get some idea of where certaincrew members sat during missions.

" There is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England.."

Photo courtesy of Bent Henriksen, Denmark