Мировая Авиация 141

Stirling Mk I Srs I. Stirling поступил на вооружение семи эскадрилий 3-й группы британского Бомбардировочного командования. Первой их получила 7-я эскадрилья - в августе 1940 года, боевое крещение состоялось в ночь с 10 на 11 февраля 1941 года - самолеты бомбили нефтехранилище в Роттердаме. Stirling N3641, "MG-D", принадлежал как раз 7-й эскадрилье.

Мировая Авиация 234

Изображенный Stirling Mk III (EF336) в начале 1943 года принадлежал 149-й эскадрилье британских ВВС. Как и многие другие машины данного типа, этот самолет во время взлета сломал шасси и 29 июля 1943 года был списан.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

The prototype Stirling, L7600, first flew on May 14, 1939, but was totally wrecked on landing. The second prototype, L7605, did not fly until seven months later, on December 3, 1939.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Первый опытный полноразмерный "Стирлинг"

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

14 мая 1939г.: на фабрике фирмы "Short" в Рочестере впервые взлетел прототип бомбардировщика Short Stirling (на снимке). Пять месяцев спустя, 25 октября, впервые взлетел прототип бомбардировщика Handley Page Halifax. Эти два бомбардировщика, наряду с самолетом Avro Lancaster, стали основой британской стратегической бомбардировочной авиации, с 1941 года совершавшей разрушительные ночные налеты на Германию. Эти налеты стали воплощением планов маршала авиации Артура Харриса, верившего, что разрушение немецких городов и индустриальных центров подорвет моральный дух населения Германии и заставит ее капитулировать.

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Второй опытный самолет с переделанным и усиленным шасси

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-07 / ??? - Forties Favourites (3)

The Stirling’s huge and complicated undercarriage is shown in the view of W7459. This particular aircraft served with Nos 149, 214 and 218 Sqns, 1651 Conversion Unit and Nos 26 and 214 Conversion Flights.

Flight 1941-07 / Flight

The Short Stirling heavy bomber has either Bristol Hercules 14-cylinder air-cooled radial 1,400 h.p. engines or Wright Cyclone double-row 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. It has a wing span of 99ft., a length of 87ft. 3m. and a height of 22ft. 9m. There is a very heavy defensive armament. The undercarriage and tail wheel are retractable.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Только что собранный "Стирлинг" первой серии готов для поставки в 7-ю эскадрилью

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-02 / Personal album

Stirling III being bombed up at RAF Lakenheath, 1943. The Stirling III introduced a new type of dorsal turret (two 0-303in guns) and was powered by four 1,650 h.p. Bristol Hercules XVI engines. The aircraft's maximum bomb load was 14.000lb and its fully loaded weight was 70,000lb. In addition to the dorsal armament, two 0-303in guns were mounted in the nose turret and a further four were installed in the tail turret.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

TO GIVE SHORT SHRIFT: Mr. Winston Churchill inspecting a Stirling four-engined heavy bomber. Stirlings, Halifaxes, and Manchesters are all being employed in the heavy raids on Germany.

Flight 1941-11 / Flight Advertisements

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Бомбардировщики 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (2)

"Стирлинг" I из 7-й эскадрильи, аэродром Окингтон

Aviation Historian 29 / G.Baughen - 1939. Was the RAF ready to war?

The Short Stirling, designed to Specification B.12/36, was the first four-engined monoplane bomber to enter RAF service, and the first to be used operationally in wartime. It was considered such an outstanding design that it was proposed in 1940 to send one to the USA to give American designers an idea of what could be achieved.

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Этот "Стирлинг" I участвовал в налете на Берлин 7 ноября 1941 г., из которого не вернулся

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1984-02 / Bomber Command Stirling raids

Flight 1941-07 / Flight

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1990-04

Stirling N3669 is assembled for "Wings for Victory Week" in March 1943 in front of St.Paul's Cathedral, London.

Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / P.MacDougall - Medway Dynasty

Second Stirling prototype, L7605, seen at Rochester Airport. Eventually taken over by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, this particular aeroplane was eventually written-off following a heavy landing in October 1942.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / A.Lumsden - Short Stirling /Take a card/ (11)

ATA pilot Miss Joan Hughes converted onto Stirlings at RAF Stradishall in 1943. She described the towering beast as “a Teddy Bear sort of aeroplane” to ferry.

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-12 / D.Webb - The unsung gallants /Test flyers/ (2)

Short Stirling III R9309, which Flt Lt Stanislaw Riess crash-landed on Porton Ridge on September 6, 1942, after fire broke out in the starboard outer Bristol Hercules engine when its number 8 cylinder fractured, severing the carburettor inlet pipe.

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Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

An unidentified Stirling 1.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

The crew of a Short Stirling about to board their machine while another Stirling in the background taxies to the take-off point.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

To attend to the needs of the Bristol Hercules engines and their D.H. hydromatic airscrews special gantries have been devised for the use of the engine fitters.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / R.Day - Lancaster pilot /First-hand history/ (1)

Short Stirling Mk I BF382, Q-Queenie, of No 214 Squadron. The author (D.Murray Peden) flew this aircraft at Chedburgh.
Short Stirling Mk I BF382 of 214 Sqn, based at Downham Market in 1943, displays the type’s singular lines. In November of the same year this aircraft became an instructional airframe at No 4 School of Technical Training.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

The Short Stirling is so well proportioned that it does not usually appear to be a large aeroplane. The two figures in this three-quarter rear view help to show how big it really is.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

STIRLING EXCHANGE: King Peter of Jugo-Slavia accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal J. E. A. Baldwin and Air Vice-Marshal R. Graham inspect the bomb load of a Stirling. The rectangular cases in the middle distance are incendiary containers.

Aeroplane Monthly 2002-01 / Navigator

Bombing-up a mighty Short Stirling, one of the mainstays of RAF Bomber Command.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / A.Lumsden - Short Stirling /Take a card/ (11)

Stirling W7455 of 149 Squadron bombing up, probably at RAF Mildenhall in January 1942. This Stirling was shot down by enemy aircraft over Great Thurlow on September 7, 1943.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-07 / ??? - Forties Favourites (3)

Stirling I W7444 MG-G of 7 Sqn being bombed up at RAF Oakington in 1941. The type's maximum bomb load was 18,000lb.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Подготовка "Стирлинга" к боевому вылету

Мировая Авиация 119

Массивный Short Stirling Mk I первым из британских тяжелых бомбардировщиков вступил в бой, совершив свой первый боевой вылет на Роттердам в ночь с 10 на 11 февраля 1941 года.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

STIRLING BOMB RACKS: Over half the length of the 87ft. fuselage is devoted to bomb storage. Our photograph shows the commencement of "bombing-up." On the trolley are four 1,000-pounders, but there are plenty more to come before the Stirling takes off. The excellent visibility of the bomb-aimer's compartment is also shown.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-02 / Personal album

Various stages of bombing up a 199 Sqn Stirling III before a night raid.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

MORE RETRIBUTION: Armourers preparing a 1,000 lb. bomb for stowage in a Stirling. The cable comes from a hoisting winch in the fuselage.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

At the same time as bombing-up takes place, petrol lorries fill the Stirling's tanks.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

Bombing up a Stirling I of No 7 Squadron at Oakington in 1941. This squadron was the first to receive the Stirling and the first RAF unit to operate four-engined bombers.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

A line of three Short Stirlings being bombed-up and refuelled ready for the night's raid. The length of the bomb bay and the high aspect ratio of the fin and rudder are accentuated in this photograph. The entrance and ladder are just aft of the squadron letter.
Short Stirling Mk 1 MG-M, W7442, seen at Oakington in late 1941. No 7 Squadron Stirlings made their first attack on the night of February 10/11th, the target being oil storage tanks at Rotterdam.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (11)

Comparative photographs of the undercarriage of the full-scale Stirling, left, and that of the Short S.31. The resemblance is quite marked.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short S.31 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

To protect the 5ft.-diameter tyres, covers are used while the machine is at rest at its dispersal point. As will be seen from this photograph the mid-wing arrangement entails the use of a very long undercarriage.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

Twin wheels are necessary to take the tail loads of the Stirling. They are completely retractable and in this photograph are shown at right angles to the fuselage.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

TWO TOP-NOTCHERS: Britain knows the sterling qualities embodied in the familiar and beloved figure in the foreground of this lucky snap; and the Hun is being made painfully aware of the qualities of the Stirling bomber whose take-off the Prime Minister is watching.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-02 / Personal album

A loaded Stirling III leaves RAF Lakenheath in the autumn dusk, bound for enemy skies.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

Stirling Mk 1 N3641, MG-D, took part in No 7 Squadron’s first operational mission.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / A.Lumsden - Short Stirling /Take a card/ (11)

A superb shot of a Stirling making a low pass, possibly at Rochester, Kent. Note the higher positioning of the outer engines.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-12 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (2)

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

This war-weary Stirling Mk I, W7447, served with No 1651 Conversion Unit in 1942, which probably accounts for its battered appearance.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

Stirling Mk I W7459 was built by Austin Motors at Longbridge, who shared production of the type with the Short factories at Belfast and Rochester.

Aeroplane Monthly 1978-10 / B.Haslam - Wings for war (1)

В полете "Стирлинги" I из состава учебной части
A brace of Short Stirlings Mk I of No 1651 HCU based at Wratting Common, with whom the author flew during his training.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-07 / ??? - Forties Favourites (3)

Short Stirling N6069 leads other Stirlings of No 1651 (Heavy) Conversion Unit in March 1942. The one nearest the camera aircraft, N6069, failed to return from a raid on Hamburg on July 29, 1942.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11 / D.Murray Peden - Salute to the Stirling (1)

Мировая Авиация 234

Будучи в целом хорошим бомбардировщиком, Stirling имел недостаточные характеристики по скорости, потолку и по бомбовой нагрузке. Причиной этого во многом было не слишком большое крыло, размах которого был ограничен шириной дверей ангаров, имевшихся в распоряжении британских ВВС на момент проектирования бомбардировщика. Самолеты Stirling Mk I из состава 15-й эскадрильи приняли участие в испытаниях системы Trinity - предшественницы системы "слепого" бомбометания Oboe.

Мировая Авиация 141

Боевой дебют бомбардировщика Short Stirling Mk I (на снимке) состоялся в феврале 1941 года. Достаточно маневренный для своих размеров, Stirling испытывал недостаток мощности двигателей при полной нагрузке.
Самолеты 1651-го отряда переподготовки над Литтл-Сетфорд, графство Кембриджшир, 29 апреля 1942 года. Все эти три Stirling были впоследствии потеряны - самолет в центре ("G") потерян в рейде на Гамбург три месяца спустя.
Whilst Rolls-Royce favoured the liquid-cooled in-line engine, Bristol preferred the air-cooled radial, achieving one of the most efficient piston engines of its day with the two-row, sleeve-valved Hercules. The Short Stirling was among the many Hercules-engined aircraft of World War II.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-07 / ??? - Forties Favourites (3)

Stirling OJ-N of 149 Sqn shows off the type's comparatively stubby wings, which provided good manoeuvrability but poor high-altitude performance - its service ceiling was only 17,000ft.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

1941г.: в полете самый большой и самый маленький бомбардировщики британских ВВС - Шорт "Стирлинг" и истребитель-бомбардировщик "Харрикейн"

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / R.Day - Lancaster pilot /First-hand history/ (1)

Stirling I BK649 was modified to become the prototype of the Mk III, in which form it seen here, flying from the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment in June 1943. It then went to 1660 Conversion Unit, being struck off charge on August 27, 1946.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-01

Stirling BF509 on a pre-delivery flight before going to No.149 Squadron. It later went to No. 1653 HCU and survived until struck off on 24 April 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-06 / Personal album. Military

A Short Stirling V of 1588 Heavy Freight Flight low over the vicinity of Juhu Beach near RAF Santa Cruz in the spring of 1946.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

THE RENDEZVOUS: Short Stirlings and Hurricanes forgather over the Kent coast.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

OVER THE CHANNEL: The Hurricanes keep in close formation with their charges.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

ACROSS THE FRENCH COAST: Enemy-occupied territory is reached and "flak" is encountered.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

JINKING: To put off the German A.A gunners' aim a Stirling resorts to evasive manoeuvre.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

OVER THE TARGET. A photograph taken from a Stirling as it penetrates the A.A. barrage on the run up to bomb the target.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

BOMBS GONE, SIR: A salvo of bombs immediately after their release.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

HALF-WAY DOWN: The bombs remain almost directly beneath the bomber. Note the target appearing at the right-hand side of the picture.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

BULL'S-EYE: The salvo of bombs bursting on the main assembly hangars and offices.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

HOMEWARD BOUND: The last of the A A shells burst as the bombers turn for home.

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

NEARLY HOME: Stirlings with their Hurricane escorts sight the English coast through the clouds.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Мировая Авиация 141

Бомбардировщик "MacRobert's Reply" из 15-й эскадрильи был куплен на средства семьи Мак-Роберт и стал знаменит в начальный период войны.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / A.Lumsden - Short Stirling /Take a card/ (11)

A dramatic photograph of a Stirling landing shows clearly the long, stalky undercarriage. Note too the twin tailwheels.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-05 / B.Robertson - A present from... (1)

Short Stirling I N6086 MacRobert’s Reply was presented by Lady MacRobert after her three sons were killed in service with the RAF. The aircraft was allocated to 15 Sqn.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Вылет одного бомбардировщика обеспечивали: восемь членов экипажа, офицер метеослужбы, укладчица парашютов, воздушный диспетчер, 12 человек службы летного обеспечения, 18 человек наземного персонала, группа из 11 вооруженцев, тракторист, водители масло- и бензозаправщиков

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-02 / Personal album

199 Sqn crews on parade in front of their Stirling IIIs, Lakenheath 1943. Note the bull motif on the nose of the nearest aircraft.

Flight 1941-11 / Flight

WAITING FOR SUNSET: Short Stirlings at their dispersal points with engine and cockpit covers on. Each machine is test flown in daylight by its crew before flying on operations.
Stirlings of No 15 Squadron, the second unit to receive the type.

Мировая Авиация 141

Поздние серийные Stirling Mk I из 7-й эскадрильи, оснащенные надфюзеляжной турелью Fraser-Nash FN.50, заправляются перед боевым вылетом, Оакингтон, 1942 год.

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Бомбардировщики 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (2)

"Стирлинги" готовят к боевому вылету, 1942 г.

Aeroplane Monthly 2000-07 / M.Hooks - Rechlin Recce /German heritage/

Captured Allied aircraft at Rechlin during the war. Buildings to the left of aircraft 7, a Stirling, still exist at the airfield.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

Short Stirling Mk I N3705 MG-F of No 7 Squadron - the RAF's first Stirling squadron - went missing over the North Sea on August 16, 1942, while minelaying off Borkum. The next morning the Luftwaffe discovered it in a boggy field near Loevenstein Castle at Gorinchem in Holland, where it had forced-landed. It had nosed over when its wheels sank into the soft ground on landing, but was otherwise virtually undamaged. It is seen right being examined by presumably delighted Luftwaffe officers where it came down. Note the aircraft letter F painted over a partially-visible previous letter V.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

Back to the morning of August 17: Luftwaffe personnel examine the port inner engine of N3705 as the aircraft sits on a squashed tree at Gorinchem.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

Another shot of the Stirling having its canvas-and-webbing nose fairing tied on, presumably at Gilze-Rijen. Underneath the canvas were several sacks of straw, stuffed into the aircraft's nose to preserve at least some aerodynamic shape.

Мировая Авиация 141

Изображенный Stirling Mk I из 7-й эскадрильи был захвачен немецкими войсками и испытывался в специальной части Люфтваффе (E-Stelle) в Рехлине.
The Short Stirling on No 7 Squadron RAF that was tested by the Luftwaffe from the Gilze Rijen base in the Netherlands in 1942.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

With its nose bandaged, N3705 flies to Rechlin for evaluation.

In Action 1002 / Luftwaffe in Action 2 (2)

A Klemm Kl 106 trainer makes a visit to an Air Force technical airfield. The large aircraft in the background in a British Short "Stirling" bomber that was forced down over Germany during a British raid.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Klemm Kl.35 / Kl.106 - ГерманияGermany - 1935

In Action 1002 / Luftwaffe in Action 2 (2)

The Klemm is painted in the RLM Grey that was common to most trainers, but the yellow band around the fuselage, normally symbolizing an aircraft operating on the Russian Front, is somewhat of a mystery.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Klemm Kl.35 / Kl.106 - ГерманияGermany - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

The Stirling apparently having its temporary canvas nose applied at Gilze-Rijen. Note the camouflage netting draped over the 99ft 1in-span bomber in an attempt to make it less conspicuous.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

The Stirling was moved to the nearby airfield at Gilze-Rijen, where its nose was patched up with canvas and webbing for a ferry flight to the German testing establishment at Rechlin. It was photographed there, with a more permanent nose fairing.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

The fireman, extinguisher in hand, walks away after a successful engine start at Rechlin.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / Personal album

The Stirling was moved to the nearby airfield at Gilze-Rijen, where its nose was patched up with canvas and webbing for a ferry flight to the German testing establishment at Rechlin. It was photographed there, with a more permanent nose fairing.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-10 / Skywriters

Captured Short Stirling N3705, minus three engines, at Rechlin in the company of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 armed with underwing cannon.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109G - ГерманияGermany - 1942

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / The Roundels File

A.III NA135 of 190 Squadron at Great Dunmow in June 1945 - an Anson and Stirlings behind. Built at Speke by Rootes in 1945, it served only with 190 and was struck off charge in February 1947.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1997-03 / Early post-war R.A.F. squadron code allocations

Stirling III EF146 TV-B of No.1660 HCU

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

"Стирлинг" Mk.I первой серии собирается на заводе "Шорт энд Гарленд"

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Конструкция самолета была разбита на ряд крупных узлов, которые могли производиться на небольших "теневых" заводах, распределенных по всей стране

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Готовые узлы и агрегаты доставлялись автотранспортом для окончательной сборки

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / R.Day - Lancaster pilot /First-hand history/ (1)

The captain and second pilot at the controls. The "office" of the Stirling is well lighted and all the multiplicity of controls come nicely to hand.
The flight deck of a 7 Sqn Stirling. The first pilot, seated on the left, had the benefit of armour plate protection.
The lofty cockpit of a Short Stirling - when the aircraft was on the ground, the pilot's eye level was 25 ft up.

Flight 1941-09 / Flight

THAT'S BERLIN THAT WAS. First and second pilots of one of the Short Stirling bombers which have attacked Berlin.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

RED PILOT. A Soviet test pilot, one of the officers of the Russian Military Mission now in Great Britain, seen at the controls of a Stirling

Flight 1941-09 / Flight

NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS. The bomb aimer of a Short Stirling gets ready for business.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

Most important of all: the bomb aimer's position in the nose under the front gun turret. On the right-hand side can be seen the bomb selector switches.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

STIRLING INTERIOR: The engineer (left) and radio-operator (right) at their respective positions in a Short Stirling.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

On the navigator - bomb-aimer depends very largely the success or otherwise of the trip. A chart table of ample size and well lighted is an essential feature.

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

In the rectangular fuselage of the Stirling such things as flare containers and flare chutes can be comfortably spaced.

Aeroplane Monthly 2000-08 / News

THE MUSEE du Terrain d’Aviation de Vraux near Reims recently salvaged a 25ft section of fuselage from a Short Stirling which crashed on September 24, 1944 near Rechicourt, west of Nancy, during a sortie connected with Operation Market Garden.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-04 / RAF write-offs 1946

Air Pictorial 1991-09

Nigel Beckett, left, and David Wade of the East Anglian Aircraft Research Group, lend scale to the Stirling port tailplane found at Barrow. It still retains the wartime camouflage pattern

Air Pictorial 1991-09

This close-up shows the damage to the leading edge of the tailplane, probably caused by impact with the trees which tore off the section from the aircraft in 1943

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-10

The 'Stirling' by Roge Rogers

Aeroplane Monthly 2000-12

"Close Encounter" by lain Wyllie

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-05

Last Quiet Moment

Flight 1941-09 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

WHEEL OF A STIRLING

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-05

First flight of the Short Stirling - May 14, 1939

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-04 / 70 years fly by! Royal Air Force 1918 to 1988

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

SHORT STIRLING. High fin and rudder and high aspect - ratio tapered tailplane very similar to Wellington. Rear turret and fully retractable tailwheel.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-07 / ??? - Forties Favourites (3)

The Short Stirling (Four 1,600 h.p. Bristol Hercules engines)

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-11

Flight 1941-10 / Flight

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Focke-Wulf FW.200C Condor - ГерманияGermany - 1939

Flight 1941-08 / Flight

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Бомбардировщики 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (2)

Short Stirling III

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Stirling III Heavy Bomber.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / В.Котельников - Шорт "Стирлинг"

Шорт "Стирлинг" III

Мировая Авиация 141

Мировая Авиация 141