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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