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Shuttleworth, B., Sgt., 1940
On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 627701 Sergeant Bernard Shuttleworth, serving with the Royal Air Force who died 13/10/1940.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Shuttleworth was killed when Vickers Wellington 1c P6243 of 99 Sqn was lost on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. The Wellington was lost without trace, along with the six crew members.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1939-1940; W.R. Chorley; 1992; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 85 7, page 118

Tony Hibberd has provided the following:

Wellington P9243 LN-? had departed Newmarket Heath at 1900 for Ops Wilhelmshaven

It was engaged by Marine Flak Abt 232 Batterie Sande, hit and shot down

The aircraft crashed into the North Sea near Borkum at 2300Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 1 Dr Theo Boiten

Bernard Shuttleworth is remembered in Bishop Auckland on B140.12


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Shuttleworth

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk