Henry Raymond Glover born in 1921. He was the son of George Percy and Winifred Lauretta Glover, of West Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Sgt Glover was an air bomber on a Stirling with 7 Squadron, operating out of Oakington.

On the night of 24/25 June 1943 the crew was tasked to bomb the German city of Wuppertal. They took off from their base at 23.34, flying Stirling R9281 MG-V.

7 Sqn RAF

The crew consisted of:

Pilot F/O Arthur Davis
Flight Engineer Sgt Geoffrey Thompson
Navigator F/S Frederick Fazackerley
Air bomber Sgt Henry Glover
Wireless operator Sgt Anthony Hunt
Air gunner F/O J F Hanrahan
Air gunner Sgt Stanley Carter

The Stirling was lost over the North Sea, presumably off the Belgian coast. It is not known how the plane was lost.

The wireless operator Sgt Hunt is buried in the Belgian cemetery of Oostende. Sgt Glover washed ashore on the Dutch coast and is buried in Castricum. Sgt Carter is buried in Bergen, just a few kilometers north of Castricum. The others are still missing and commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.

Sgt Glover is buried at Castricum Protestant Cemetery, Plot J. Coll. grave 6.

Castricum, The Netherlands

See also:
F/O Arthur Davis
Sgt Geoffrey Thompson
F/S Frederick Fazackerley
Sgt Anthony Hunt
F/O J F Hanrahan
Sgt Stanley Carter

Acknowledgements:
Mr. Dave Cheetham
Mr. Paul Patist
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Directions to Castricum Protestant Cemetery

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