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September 17th 1942

Wellington IC DV480 OP-N Bar of 11 OTU

Crashed in the North Sea

Crew:

- P/O Ian Alexander GRANT (Pilot RNZAF). KIA
Buried Ouddorp General Cemetery

- P/O James Lyders SPEEDY ( Nav.RNZAF) age 22. KIA
Son of James Brydon Speedy and Sigrid Augusta Speedy, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Buried Ouddorp General Cemetery

- P/O Robert Henry GROOM (AB RAF VR). KIA
Buried Ouddorp General Cemetery

- Sgt Stanley SWAIN (Wop./AG RAF VR) age 30. KIA
Son of Thomas Swain, and of Floris Ida Swain, of Adwick-le-Street, Yorkshire; husband of Edith Ethel Swain, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery

- Sgt William BUCKLEY (AG RAF VR) age 21. KIA
Son of Roger John and Caroline Buckley, of Elton, Sandbach, Cheshire. Buried Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium

Target: Essen
Homebase: Bassingbourn
Taken off: 20.12 hrs (GMT)


Details supplied by Jan Weda