Eric Bance                                                                                               Updated: 12 JAN 2012

Airman: e777540.htm Surname: Bance Init: E Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 15

P_link: p125.htm Plane: STI W7635 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d081242 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 8. december 1942 styrtede STI W7635 i Nordsøen på en minelægningsoperation til Østersøen. Se Sweetpeas i Minelægningsområder.
 Hele besætningen omkom.

Sergeant Eric Bance, 30 år, var søn af George og Rebecca Bance; gift med Dereter Joan Bance, Battersea, London, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 77 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

5 flyvere fra STI W7635 har ingen kendt grav, 1 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 på Kirkeby Kirkegård.

7 flyvere.


On 8 December 1942 STI W7635 crashed into the North Sea on a minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea. See Sweetpeas in Minelaying areas.
All of the crew perished.

Sergeant Eric Bance, 30, was the son of George and Rebecca Bance, and the husband of Dereter Joan Bance, of Battersea, London, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 77, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

5 airmen from STI W7635 have no known grave, 1 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in Kirkeby Churchyard.

See Bomber Command No. 15 Squadron and XV (R) Squadron. This Stirling took off from RAF Bourn. Lost Bombers has this.

7 airmen.