Brownhill, Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley |
Surname | Brownhill |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wilfred Harry and Mabel Victoria Brownhill, of Altrincham, Cheshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7911 |
Markings | DY- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Abbeville Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 6. Row G. Grave 19. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 137 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1048174 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-12-1942 |
End Date | 07-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 272 aircraft, 10 losses (3.7%). PFF did not mark the targets due to total cloud cover. Many aircraft bombed using dead-reckoning instead. Little damage. |
Reason for Loss | Lost over France |