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Walton, C., Sgt., 1941
In Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 569348 Sergeant Cecil Walton, serving with the Royal Air Force, who died 08/11/1941.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Walton was killed when Short Stirling I N6091 MG-K of 7 Squadron was lost on a mission to Berlin. The Stirling was shot down by flak and crashed some 9 miles south-west of Rotterdam, with the loss of all seven crew members.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1941; W.R. Chorley; 1993; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 87 3, page 174

Tony Hibberd has offered the following:

Stirling N6091 MG-K had departed Oakington at 1742 for Ops Berlin. It was engaged by Flakgruppe Vlaardingen, hit and shot down. The aircraft crashed in flames between Hekelingen and Spijkenisse at 0050

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 2 Dr Theo Boiten

Cecil Walton is remembered in Witton Park on W125.01 and W125.03 and in Bishop Auckland on B140.01


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Walton

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