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 SW Precious (RAF) was missing, presumed killed in action
Sergeant Precious has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
