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SEWARD, Solomon

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Solomon
Surname Seward
Gender M
Age 28
Decorations
Date of death 24-06-1943
Next of kin Orphaned by the death of his father aged just three he went to St. Anthony Orphanage and Boarding School in St. Anthony, Newfoundland.. Husband of Kathleen Seward (née Gillon) of Wick, Caithness whom he met whilst at 10 Bombing and Air Gunnery School. They had a Daughter.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number EE883
Markings BU-T
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Bergen General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 2. Row C. Grave 13..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 239
Enlistment information
Service Number 1356712
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 214 (Federated Malay States)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Akers R G (Sgt)
Hitchins J A (Sgt)
Jones T (Sgt)
Miller C K (Sgt)
Smith R A H (Sgt)
Straton P D (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-06-1943
End Date 25-06-1943
Takeoff Station Chedburgh
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Wuppertal. 630 aircraft, 34 losses (5.4%). An attack on the Elberfeld half of the town- the Barmen half having been devastated a month ago. PFF marking was accurate but creepback was more evident than normal. A post-war British survey suggest that 95% of the Elberfeld half was destroyed. Approximately 1800 deaths, 300 homes destroyed and 171 businesses knocked out.
Reason for Loss Believed to have been shot down by the combination of both flak and a night-fighter, crashing into the sea off the Dutch coast