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November 8th 1941

Stirling I N6091 MG-K of 7 Sq.

Crashed:
Last heard on w/t at 22.00. Shot down by flak and crashed between Hekelingen and Spijkenisse, 14 km SW of Rotterdam.

Crew:

- Sgt James William Cooper MORRIS (RAAF) Age 25. KIA
Son of Henry Elder Morris and Laura Christina Morris, of Ripponlea, Victoria, Australia.

- Sgt Michael Stanley JACOBS (Pilot RAF VR) Age 23. KIA
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jacobs, of Golder's Green, Middlesex.

- Sgt Cecil WALTON (F/Eng. )RAF) Age 22. KIA
Son of Thomas Crosby Walton and Margaret Walton; husband of Alice Walton, of Witton Park, Co. Durham.

- Sgt Bernard WALLWORK ( Obs. RAF VR) Age 26. KIA
Son of Peter and Clara Cawthorne Wallwork; husband of Phyllis Mary Wallwork, of Tyldesley, Lancashire.

- Sgt Peter JOHNSTONE (WOp/AG.RAF VR) Age 20. KIA
Son of George Brown Johnstone, and of Agnes Murray Johnstone, of Pollokshields, Glasgow.

- Sgt Edward Owen BROOKS ( WOp/AG RAF VR) Age 19. KIA
Son of Edward and Amy Isabel Brooks, of Kettering, Northamptonshire.

- F/Sgt George Hall CHESMAN (AG RAF Aux. Air Force) KIA

All buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery

In 1976 aircraft recovered.
One of the propellers was unveiled as a monument on May 4th 1990.

Target:Berlin
Homebase: Oakington
Taken off: 17.42 hrs


Details supplied by Jan Weda