7 squadron (RAF) Short Stirling Mk I
MG-B W7500
Wednesday 3 June 1942 Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a bombing operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:J/5790 Plt Off George Frederick Sanderson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101
Co-Pilot:111259 Plt Off Leslie James Harcus - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69
Flight Engineer:569914 Sgt Sydney Walstead Precious - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91
Navigator:1252574 Sgt Wilfred Frank Morgan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90
Bomb Aimer:1108965 Sgt Basil Sydney Brown - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Wireless Operator:9170212 Sgt Ronald Albert Archer - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 4. / washed up at IJmuiden
Air Gunner:1378839 Sgt Richard Armstrong - Vlieland General Cemetery Grave 52. / washed up Vlieland island on the 13th of July
Air Gunner:566866 Flt Sgt Stanley Victor Harding - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74
MG-Z N3664
Monday 30 June 1941 Takeoff at 23:09 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 E-2 G9+CP from Stade airfield. The Messerschmitt was hit by return fire and had its port engine knocked out.
MG-Y R9275
Sunday 11 April 1943
Probable claim by Flakgruppe Saar, 1./schw. Flak Abt. 742, 4./schw. Flak Abt.365 and 3./schw. Flak Abt. 637 coming down at Koerich, 14km WNW of Luxemburg at 04:00 hrs.
As far as it can be deduced this crew were the only Bomber Command crew to lose their lives in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg during 1943 (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 22 June) 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten).
MG-A N3643
Monday 24 March 1941. Took off from Newmarket. Caught fire in the air due to Flak damage over the target and while attempting a forced landing collided with H/T Cables and struck the roof of a house before crashing 0152 24 Mar 1941 on Halewood Common near Leiston Suffolk. More on this one
Aldringham Aircraft Crash - Tragedy of Short Stirling Mk 1 - N3643 MG-G » Aldringham-cum-Thorpe
MG-M
Wednesday 21 April 1943. Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Willi Berg of the 7./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110.
Target: Stettin
Call Sign: MG-M
Takeoff time: 21:00