Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1567
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
2/3 Jun 42 Bombing Essen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Short Stirling I W7500 MG-B 7 Sqdn RAF 2350 Oakington
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0310 Shot down by Ofw. P. Gildner of 5./NJG 2 Crashed into North Sea 70 km w of Petten North Sea
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. G.F. Sanderson 22 J/5790 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 101
Second Pilot P/O. L.J. Harcus 24 111259 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 69
Flight Engineer Sgt. S.W. Precious 21 569914 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 91
Observer Sgt. W.F. Morgan 24 1252574 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 90
Wireless Operator Sgt. R.A. Archer 24 917021 RAF KIA Amsterdam NOB 69 E 4 Recovered from sea off IJmuiden 30 Jun 42
Front Gunner Sgt. B.S. Brown 20 1108965 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 79
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. R. Armstrong 27 1378839 RAF KIA Vlieland 52 Washed up Vlieland 13 Jul 42
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. S.V. Harding 24 566866 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 74
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 114; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 21

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