Monument Stirling BF415 Montfoort

On June 29, 2022, this monument was unveiled in the municipality of Montfoort in the presence of relatives.

On the 3rd of February 1943 at 6.22 pm a Stirling Mk I - BF 415 bomber, belonging to RAF 90 Squadron, departed from Ridgewell Airfield, Essex, England, target Hamburg, Germany. It was shot down by a German night fighter above Willeskop (nowadays Montfoort) 15 km southwest of Utrecht.

The following crew were killed:
• MacDougall, George Couglas; Canada (Pilot)
• Stephens, Gerald; United Kingdom (Pilot)
• Williams, Richard Thompson; United Kingdom (Navigator)
• Jenkins, Leslie Howard; United Kingdom (Flight Engineer)
• MacTavish, Claud Gordon Humphrey; United Kingdom (Observer)
• Adam, George Chirrey; United Kingdom (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
• Egan, Patrick Joseph; United Kingdom (Air Gunner)
• Parton, Fredrick Arthur; United Kingdom (Air Gunner).

The aforementioned persons are buried at the municipal cemetery in Montfoort.

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Source

• Text: Jan Molenaar
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 3, 4, 5), Jan Molenaar (2)