McClellan, Stanley Stuart
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley Stuart |
Surname | McClellan |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 01-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley Alen McClellan and Emma McClellan, of Tottenham, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED783 |
Markings | KM-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dalfsen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 6. Row 1. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS YOU WILL STAY, WE LOVED YOU TOO DEARLY EVER TO FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 70 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1384317 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Squadron Motto | Fulmina regis iusta (The king's thunderbolts are righteous) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/7 |
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 | 30-04-1943 |
End Date | 01-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Wolfgang Thimmig, 111./NJG1), crashing 0320 1May43 at Rechteren (Overijssel), 13 km ESE of Zwolle, Holland. |