Burrows, Stanley Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley Herbert |
Surname | Burrows |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Maurice and Blanche Burrows. Husband of Laura Beatrice Burrows, of Ardleigh Green, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK722 |
Markings | HA-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot EE. Grave 32. |
Epitaph | LOVE'S LAST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE. AT REST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 929453 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Four of the seven strong crew safely parachuted and were taken PoW in occupied Holland. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-06-1943 |
End Date | 22-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Krefeld. 705 aircraft, 44 losses (6.2%) with night-fighters counting for most of the losses (the night was moonlit). PFF marking was near-perfect (using Oboe). A large fire in the centre of Krefeld raged unchecked for many hours. Over 5500 houses destroyed, 1056 people killed and 72000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak and crashed SE of Eindhoven, Holland |