Stirling Traditional Geocache

This part of Benoni is known as airfield because during World War II, the South African Airforce trained the war pilots in Benoni. In honour of this, all the street names in this area were named aeronautically. This geocache series gives a brief explanation of the various planes and places in flying after which these roads were named as well as a photo of the plane focussed on. BYOP for all caches, beware of muggles and please replace with care. Happy hunting!!

The Stirling was designed by Short Brothers to meet an Air Ministry specification from 1936. When the preferred design from Supermarine had to be abandoned, the Stirling was ordered for the RAF. It entered service in early 1941 but had a relatively brief operational career as a bomber, being relegated to second line duties from late 1943, when other more capable four-engined RAF bombers, specifically the Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster, took over the strategic bombing of Germany.