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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1941 |
| Time: | 02:58 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7433 |
| MSN: | MG-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 40 miles northeast of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:00 hrs for a bombing operation to Stettin (modern Poland) & failed to return. The aircraft was last plotted 40 miles northeast of Lowestoft. Three crew members rest at cemeteries in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands:
Pilot W/O. A. Fletcher 565697 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 35
Second Pilot Sgt. D.E. Coyle 1101054 RAF / Hoek van Holland cemetery; grave F 26
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Tucker 636626 RAF / Noordwijk cemetery; grave 1 4
Observer F/O. W.H.J. Thompson 79575 RAF / Hoek van Holland cemetery; grave F 27
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. A.E. Burrows 751057 RAF / buried Derby (Nottingham Road) Cemetery; grave F 592
Front Gunner Sgt. H.H. Mansfield 751557 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 48
Rear Gunner Sgt. H.J. Walker 611566 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 54
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1280B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 18:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
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