Kitchen, Stanley Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Stanley Charles |
Surname | Kitchen |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 22-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley and Viola Martha Kitchen, of East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB320 |
Markings | DX-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. B. 3. |
Epitaph | MAY THIS SACRIFICE BE NOT IN VAIN. OUR NOBLE BOY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 59 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 410347 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 57 |
Squadron Motto | Corpus non animum muto (I change my body, not my spirit) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
This crew was posted in from 1661 CU on 14 June 1943 along with 1342114 Sgt. Lawrence Sinclair Welsh who was killed on his 2nd dickie trip on 21/22 June 1943 aboard LM330 (to Krefled). As a result the remainder of the crew were re-posted back to 1661 CU for recrewing on 29 June 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-10-1943 |
End Date | 23-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (32% moon) |
Operation | Kassel |
Reason for Loss | Coned by Flakscheinw. Abt. 328 at 21:37 hrs then shot down by Oblt. Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer of 10./NJG1. Crashed at Acker, south of Dransfeld after exploding in mid-air, spreading wreckage over a wide area. |