Date: 1941 May 10/11 A/C Type: Stirling I SN: N3654 Code: LS-B A/C Nickname:
 File: 420 Airforce: RAF Sqn/Unit:  15 Sqn Mission/Raid: Berlin
1 Pilot Wing Commander Herbert R. Dale 9    
2 Bomb aimer Sgt. Frank A. Smith 10    
3 Fl Eng/AG P/O Daniel McLean Campbell          New Zealand 11    
4 WO/AG Sgt. Eric R. Lucas                                New Zealand 12    
5 WO/AG Sgt. Stanley P. Plumb 13    
6 Rear gunner Sgt. Norman H. Nuttall 14    
7 CP P/O Peter Bird 15    
8     16                    

Crashed deep in the soft ground at Opmeer. Cause: Nightfighter. All KIA.

 

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Only the pilot was found 1941 and buried by the Germans on row 1, Bergen aan Zee.
A few years ago, the remains of the aircraft and crew were recovered and also buried in Bergen (Plot 2, row B, grave 13-17).



Sources: 

-  website CWGC
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/1461638/Dutch-town-buries-its-wartime-RAF-heroes.html 
http://www.4en5mei.nl/herinneren/oorlogsmonumenten/monumenten_zoeken/oorlogsmonument/2996 

See also our file on Cemetery Bergen-aan-Zee. Search on: Cemeteries - Lake Area Cemeteries - Bergen (aan Zee).



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