Dafoe, Jack Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Jack Stanley |
Surname | Dafoe |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of H. Lorne Dafoe and Mary M. Dafoe, of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AE297 |
Markings | EQ-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. A. 13. |
Epitaph | WITH A CHEERY SMILE AND A WAVE OF THE HAND HE HAS WANDERED INTO AN UNKNOWN LAND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 26 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/15417 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-05-1942 |
End Date | 09-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Balderton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Warnemunde |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Rovershagen, Germany. Cause not identified. |