This website would not be possible without the help and support from many people around the world.

First and foremost, I would like to thank Ron Birch of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia whose great uncle Albert Fisher was one of the airmen who perished in Stirling EF361. Ron has provided an enormous amount of material for the website, and introduced me to many other people who are researching the same raid. Our email exchanges stretch back over many years and are always a source of inspiration.

I would also like to thank the families of some of the aircrew for their biographical material, including:

• Helen Louise Codd, Professor of Law & Social Justice at University of Central Lancashire, whose grandfather William (Les) Codd was the Flight Engineer on Halifax JB837
• Kim MacFarlane of Nova Scotia, Canada whose uncle David MacFarlane was the Tail Gunner on Halifax JB837
• Martyn Aquilina of British Airways, whose grandfather was Noel Lagna, an AIr Gunner on Stirling EF361

Thanks also go to:

• Theo Boiten, author of the Nachtjagd Combat Archive series of books, for resolving my queries about his account of the raid
• Robert Classen, author and volunteer at the Jülich Citadel Museum, for invaluable information regarding events in the area around Jülich where several of the aircraft crashed
• Susanne Richter, archivist at Stadtarchiv Jülich for permission to use the photograph of downed Stirling EF361 from the Jülich State Archives