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 Kl. 12.00 den 1. juli 1941 lettede
STI N6013 fra RAF Oakington med 2 andre fly på dagangreb
mod Borkum Vandflyvebase.
Sprængninger blev observeret på beddinger og i havnen. STI
N6013 blev sidst set kl. 15.11, da den cirklede omkring en gummibåd med
besætningen fra et ukendt
fly og så blev angrebet af 2 jagere. F/O D.T. Witt DFM
fik sit fly N6005 angrebet 4 gange i træk af en Bf 109 F, som til sidst blev
skudt ned af Rear Gunner
P/O J.L.A. Mills.
Stirling N3655 blev angrebet af en jager og ramt
af flak, men returnerede til basen med N6005. (p034MACR)
3 af de omkomne flyvere drev ind til den danske
kyst og blev begravet i Esbjerg. 4 flyvere fra STI N6013
har ingen kendt grav.
Pilot Officer Thomas Everest Bolton, 27 år, var søn af Thomas og
Henrietta Bolton; gift med Winifred Alice Bolton, Yeadon, Yorkshire, United
Kingdom.
Hans navn er
på Panel 31 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere
end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav.
(Kilde: CWGC)
Han var Navigator på STI N6013. (Kilde: MACR)
 At 12.00 hrs. on 1 July 1941
STI N6013 took off from RAF Oakington with 2 other
aircraft on a daylight sortie to Borkum Seaplane Base.
Bursts were observed on slipways and across harbour. STI
N6013 last seen at 15.11 hrs. circling dinghy with crew of unknown aircraft
and then attacked
by 2 fighters. F/O D.T. Witt DFM had his aircraft N6005 attacked 4 times in
succession by Bf 109 F which was finally shot down by Rear Gunner P/O J.L.A.
Mills.
Stirling N3655 attacked by fighter and hit by flak but returned to base with
N6005. (p034MACR)
3 of the perished airmen were washed ashore on
the coast of Denmark and buried in Esbjerg. 4 airmen from STI
N6013 have no known grave.
Pilot Officer Thomas Everest Bolton, 27, was the son of Thomas and
Henrietta Bolton, and the husband of Winifred Alice Bolton, of Yeadon,
Yorkshire,
United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
31, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave.
(Source: CWGC)
He was the Navigator of STI N6013. (Source: MACR)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 132.
See
No. 7 Squadron RAF
* 7 Squadron Association.
Stirling I N6013 MG- took off from
RAF Oakington at 12.00 hrs on 01 JUL 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) (p034MACR) 7 airmen.
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