Thesaurus Term/Concept: STIRLING

Identifier 111422
Class AIRCRAFT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Seven/eight-crew, heavy night-bomber. The first four-engine bomber to join the RAF, with a bomb load of 14000 lb, entered service in 1940. Superseded as a bomber by the Lancaster and Halifax, later versions served as transports and tugs.

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Context Record
Monument Type MLI116375 Short Stirling Aircraft Crash Site and Memorial, Caythorpe (Monument)