Last flight of Stirling bomber N6030 LS -'P'
The last flight of Stirling I bomber, N6030 LS -'P' of the 
15 Squadron,  took off from Wyton, Cambridgeshire on Friday, 18 July 1941 for a daylight raid on Wesel, using cloud cover.   They turned back due to clearing skies and the aircraft later crashed somewhere in the North Sea, well off the the province of South Holland, after said to have been hit by a nightfighter.

Four of the airmen whose bodies were recovered,
are buried in various locations in the Netherlands, as follows:

Sergeant Kenneth Godfrey Howard DAVIES, RAF 568241
Bergen op Zoom War cemetery* - grave ref. 32 B12

Sergeant Arthur Walter David FROST, RAFVR 1375651
Amsterdam New Eastern cemetery - lot 85 row B grave 1

Flight Sergeant Charles George WHITE, AFM, RAF 538321
Noordwijk General cemetery - plot 1 joint grave 15

Pilot Officer John Davis Walker (Johnny) McCALLUM, RAFVR 61025
Den Berg cemetery, Texel Island - plot K row 3 grave 63
 

The three airmen whose bodies were never found:

Sergeant Pilot Alfred James (Jim) HIGGISON, RNZAF 39635

Flying Officer Sydney Douglas MARSHALL, RAAF 402060

Sergeant Gordon Hogarth MAYOR, RAFVR 976107

are dedicated and remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, London
 

Information from a German source said an aircraft was seen to crash
on fire into the sea, south west of Harlingen on 17 July 1942 with all crew
presumed killed.  Not sure if this would have been the correct aircraft, as the
reported date is a day before that for their mission.
 

Additional information about the four crew buried in the Netherlands:

F/S White was washed ashore 7 August 1941.  His body was found by a
civilian and a policeman Hermanus van Venetiën at about 9 a.m. on the
beach of Noordwijk.  He was buried that day (after being identified),
by the people of the municipality.  Original cross was wooden.

P/O McCallum was washed ashore 13 August 1941 near kmp (or stake) 23,
3 km north of De Koog.  He was buried that day (after being identified),
by the people of the municipality.  Original cross was wooden.
It appears his finding was not reported to the authorities.

Sgt Frost was buried 12 August 1941.

Sgt Davies found at sea by German vessel and *was originally buried
in the Huisduinen Military Cemetery (near Den Helder) on 14 August 1941.
 

Additional information about the aircraft:

Bombload: 5x1000lbs, 10x500lbs.


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