7 Squadron (Per Diem Per Nocturn) RAF Oakington. Stirling I aircraft W 7500 MG-B was shot down by night fighter during operations to bomb targets in Essen, Germany
The Stirling crashed into the North Sea off Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Sergeant RA Archer (RAFVR) was killed in action
Originally missing, presumed killed in action, Sergeant Archer's body washed up at IJmuiden and was buried in the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery