Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt Morrall was killed when Short Stirling I BK627 WP-P of 90 Squadron was lost on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. The Stirling is thought to have crashed into the sea, with the loss of all seven crew members.
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 46
Tony Hibberd has added the following:
Stirling BK627 WP-P had departed Ridgewell at 1754 for Ops Wilhelmshaven
There are two possible claims for this loss:It was either engaged by Marine Flak Abt 272 Batterie Tossens, hit and shot down. The aircraft crashed in the Innenjade, Wilhelmshaven at 2003
Or It was engaged by Marine Flak Abt 272 Batterie Tossens, hit and shot down. The aircraft crashed into the Sea, 5km NE of Wilhelmshaven at 2018
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1Dr Theo Boiten
George Morrall is remembered in Ashington on A17.43 and at Hirst on H62.02
