Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sergeant Errington was killed when Short Stirling III EF392 MG-N of 7 Squadron was lost on a mission to Wuppertal. The Stirling is believed to have been shot down by Lt. Heinz Struning on 2./NJG1 at 03.02, and crashed into the North Sea with the loss of all eight crew.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943; W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3 page 203
His brother George also died.
John Jones adds:
7 Sqn Stirling EF392 MG-N.
Claim by Hptm Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein StabIV/5 detached to 1/NJG1 - Sea. 80km West of Katwijk (HH 43 a, Bier): 250m at 02:50.
Reference:- Nachtjagd Combat Archives Part 2 1943 - Theo Boiten.
Tony Hibberd adds the following:
Stirling EF392 MG-N had departed Oakington at 2328 for Ops Wuppertal. It was intercepted at 250M, over the North Sea, 80km W of Katwijk by a Night-Fighter captained by Nacht Jagd “Experten” Hptm Wittgenstein (Stab IV/NJG5 – detached to 1/NJG1) and shot down at 0250 for his 33rd Abschuss.
Nacht Jagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 2; Dr Theo Boiten
Sydney Errington is remembered at Dalton le Dale on D39.02 and at Murton on M47.01 and M47.07
