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)

Sergeant Gerard Carroll, 23 år, var søn af James og Sarah Ellen Carroll, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 79 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)

Sergeant Gerard Carroll, 23, was the son of James and Sarah Ellen Carroll, of Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 79, 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 141.  

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.