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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:05 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3727 |
| MSN: | MG-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off the island of Rømø -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 21:33 hrs for a Gardening operation off Helgoland island.
The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield in Germany.
Six of the crew are still missing in action:
Pilot:90993 Flt Lt Bernard Moreland Denny - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 May, 1940)
Flight Engineer: R/82340 Flt Sgt Leslie Nellis Hodgins - Runnymede Memorial Panel 104.
Navigator:526861 Sgt George William Craft - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80.
Bomb Aimer:1105938 Sgt Lloyd Francis Evans - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:110571 Plt Off George Winston Wilkinson - Kirkeby Churchyard Denmark Grave 274 (NCO:1110102 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 December, 1941)
Air Gunner:1112514 Sgt Alan Penman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91.
Air Gunner:935745 Sgt Terence James Savage - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194212.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2017 13:37 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-May-2021 09:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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