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Stirling I R9162 crashed in Jammerbugt / Skagerak on 11/8
1942.
The Stirling belonged to RAF 149 Sqn. Bomber Command and wore the letters OJ-Q
T/O Lakenheath. OP: Gardening Silverthorn (The Kattegat)
The Stirling approached Hansted from a southerly direction at 01:56 hrs at an
altitude of 50-80 metres and Flak from position 10 opened fire with 4 shots from
their 3.7 cm cannon while position 2 opened up with 20 rounds from a 2 cm gun. A
fire was observed to erupt from the aircraft and after a short while it turned
into a fireball from which several flashes was seen before it cheshed into the
sea approx. 6 kilometres north of Hansted. The claim was eventually granted
1./M.Fl.A.814 by Stat. Nord.
The crew which consisted of Pilot Sgt Claudius W. S. Oliver RAAF, Observer Sgt
Leonard R. Simms, W/Op Sgt Garnet F. Smith RCAF, Air Gnr Sgt James H. Storey,
Flt Engr Sgt Norman P. Gregson, Air Gnr P/O William C. Sutton and Air Gnr Sgt
William H. Streeter all perished.
The body of Sgt Storey was found on 12/9 1942 in the sea 4 kilometres off
Hjartemaal Klit. Han was laid to rest in the cemetery of Frederikshavn on 17/9
1942.
Sgt Oliver rests in the cemetery of Larvik, Norway and Sgt Sims in Kviberg,
Sweden. The rest have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede
Memorial.
Kilder: BF, BCL, CWGC, FAF, RL 19/454, RM 45 III/314 via Museumscenter Hanstholm.
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