Den 14. august 1942 styrtede STI W7579 i Nordsøen 2-300 m fra land ud for Nymindegab (omkring her).
Flyet var på en minelægningsoperation til Daffodil nær København, se Minelægningsområder. (Kilde: p098MACR).

3 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer blev fundet lige syd for Strandvejen og begravet i Esbjerg den 18. august 1942.

4 flyvere forsvandt i havet. 1 mand reddede sig med faldskærm og blev af tyskerne fanget i Nymindestrømmen. (Kilde: FAF)

Flight Sergeant Hugh Mackenzie Clark, 34 år, var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 73 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
8 flyvere.

On 14 August 1942 STI W7579 crashed into the North Sea 2-300 m off the coast near Nymindegab (about here).
It was on a minelaying operation to Daffodil near Copenhagen, see Minelaying areas. (Source: p098MACR).

3 perished crew members were found just south of Strandvejen. On 18 August 1942 they were buried in Esbjerg.

4 airmen disappeared into the sea. 1 airman bailed out. He was taken captive in the Nymindestrømmen by the Germans. (Source: FAF)

Flight Sergeant Hugh Mackenzie Clark, 34, was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 73, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 144.    

See No. 7 Squadron RAF * 7 Squadron Association * Short Stirling

Stirling I W7579 MG-Y took off from RAF Oakington at 21.28 hrs on 13 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
8 airmen.