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)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 126.

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

See No. 15 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia  *  Stirling
Stirling I W7635 LS-V took off from RAF Bourn at 16.42 hours on 08 DEC 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report)  

7 airmen.