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Sgt. E. Bradshaw
Royal Air Force 90 Squadron
(d.22nd June 1943)
90 Squadron Royal Air Force Bomber Command Stirling Mark 3 serial number EE887 WP-T. With a seven man crew took off from West Wickham at 2345 hrs on 21st June 1943 on a bombing mission to Krefeld, Germany. The aircraft was shot down in the early hours of 22nd June by a night fighter, later identified as the German fighter ace Hauptmann H.J. Jabs, and crashed at Hoogwoud North Holland with the loss of all of the crew. .
Crew members were:-
Pilot Officer H.N. Peters Royal Australian Air Force
Sergeant D.J. Davies Royal Air Force
Sergeant David Gillis Royal Air Force Volunteers Reserve
Sergeant E. Bradshaw Royal Air Force
Sergeant B.A. Abraham Royal Air Force
Sergeant A.S. Andrews Royal Air Force
Sergeant R.R. Law Royal Canadian Air Force
All are buried in Bergen General Cemetery in the Netherlands