Stoner, Melvin Harold
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Melvin Harold |
Surname | Stoner |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Melvin Warren Stoner and Edith Doris Stoner, of Niagara Falls, Ontario. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL974 |
Markings | ZN-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave M. 8-13. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 102 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/186431 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Martin, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Airmen of 106 Sqn who gave their lives in the 1939-45 War |
Location | Former Airfield Site, Martin Moor, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick moument with inscribed Slate Tablets & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the airmen and airwomen who served on 106 Sqn in WW2. 995 gave their lives |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/834/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/834/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-06-1944 |
End Date | 28-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Metheringham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (43% moon) |
Operation | Vitry |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at Thibie (Marne), 11 km WSW from the centre of Chalons-sur-Marne. |