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 William Gordon Foale, 22 år, var søn af Arthur og Amy Florence Foale, Ealing, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 83 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 William Gordon Foale, 22, was the son of Arthur and Amy Florence Foale, of Ealing, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 83, 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 165.  

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.