Bailey, Stanley Leonard
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Stanley Leonard |
Surname | Bailey |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-05-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy Francis and Emma Elizabeth Bailey, of Windsor, Berkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AD841 |
Markings | PL-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 69. Row E. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOT GONE FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO HIS RESTING PLACE ABOVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 4 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 87386 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 144 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/6462 (P359127/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/981/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/981/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-05-1941 |
End Date | 16-05-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Hemswell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (71% moon) |
Operation | Hannover |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Flak and crashed 0235 15May41 in the Monnickenmeer Polder near Ilpendam (Noord Holland), 12 km NE of Amsterdam, where the two men killed are buried in the New Eastern Cemetery. P/O W.A.McVie KIA P/O S.L.Bailey KIA Sgt J.K.Scouller PoW Sgt C.Carter PoW Sgt C.Carter was interned in Camps 18A/357. PoW No.17 with Sgt J.K.Scouller, PoW No.18. " |