Plane 068 STI N3727 - The North Sea

Stirling I N3727 - The North Sea Updated: 24 MAR 2021

Airman	Surname	Init	Rank	Service	Sqdn	P_link	Plane	Operation	Crash_site	Crash_d	Buried_d	C_link	At_Next
e777467.htm	Craft	G W	Sgt	RAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	e777	e777.htm	NO KNOWN
e777470.htm	Denny	B M	F/Lt	RAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	e777	e777.htm	NO KNOWN
e777468.htm	Evans	L F	Sgt	RAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	e777	e777.htm	NO KNOWN
e777471.htm	Hodgins	L N	F/Sgt	RCAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	e777	e777.htm	NO KNOWN
e777469.htm	Penman	A	Sgt	RAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	e777	e777.htm	NO KNOWN
e777466.htm	Savage	T J	Sgt	RAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	e777	e777.htm	NO KNOWN
a045005.htm	Wilkinson	G W	P/O	RAF	7	p068.htm	STI N3727	Minelaying	The North Sea	d270442	b071042	c045.htm	Kirkeby

Kl. 21.33 den 26. april 1942 lettede STI N3727 fra RAF Oakington for at lægge miner og bombe Helgoland med 4 miner og
2 x 500 pund alm. bomber. Flyet styrtede ned i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p068MACR)

"G. W. Wilkinson drev i land på Rømø (måske her) den 6. oktober 1942. Begravelsen blev foretaget af en tysk feltpræst den følgende dag." (FAF)

1 flyver fra STI N3727 blev begravet på Rømø. 6 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

7 flyvere.

At 21.33 hrs. on 26 April 1942 STI N3727 took off from RAF Oakington on a mining and bombing raid on Heligoland with 4 mines
and 4 x 500 lb. GP bombs. It crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: p068MACR)

G. W. Wilkinson was washed ashore on Rømø (maybe here) on 6 October 1942. Next day a German Army Chaplain officiated at the graveside
ceremony in Kirkeby. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from STI N3727 was buried on Rømø. 6 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 7 Squadron RAF * 7 Squadron Association.
Stirling I N3727 MG-G took off from RAF Oakington at 21.33 hrs on 27 APR 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 7 airmen.