7 Squadron (Per Diem Per Noctum) RAF Oakington, Stirling I aircraft N 3664 MG-Z was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 6/NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 E-2 G9+CP from Stade airfield. The Messerschmitt was hit by return fire and had its port engine knocked out. The Stirling crashed near Zeven, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Pilot Officer HD Brander (RCAF), FS CWD Brown (RAFVR), FS JR Dale (RAFVR), Flying Officer VR Hartwright (RAF), FS DHG Poole (RAF), FS AG Reading (RAF) and Sergeant TG Young (RAFVR) were killed.
There were two 7 Sqn aircraft lost in the same area on this date and no Canadian casualties on Stirling I N 6001
Brander, Huntley Donald (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1941-June-30
Birth Date: 1915-July-04
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Parents: Son of Edith Brander. B.Sc. (Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia).
Spouse:
Home: Wolfville and Newport, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment Date: 1940-May-10
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night
Base
RAF Oakington
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Observer
Service Numbers
J/1447
Target
Hamburg Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)