7 Squadron (Per Diem Per Nocturn) RAF Oakington. Stirling I aircraft W 7500 MG-B was armed with 24 x 4 lb. incendiary bombs when it was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5/NJG 2 during operations to bomb targets in Essen, Germany
The Stirling crashed into the North Sea off Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Pilot Officer GF Sanderson (RCAF), Sergeant BS Brown (RAFVR), Pilot Officer LJ Harcus (RAFVR), FS SV Harding (RAF), Sergeant WF Morgan (RAFVR) and Sergeant SW Precious (RAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
Sergeant RA Archer (RAFVR), Sergeant R Armstrong (RAFVR) were killed in action
These two aircrew members bodies were recovered and are buried in cemeteries in the Netherlands
Pilot Officer Sanderson was BROTHER to Sergeant Frank Gordon Sanderson (RCAF), 419 Squadron Air Gunner, killed in action 1944-01-20 on Halifax HX 162 VR-X during an operation to Berlin, Germany