Hearn, Stanley Cyril Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley Cyril Henry |
Surname | Hearn |
Gender | M |
Age | 35 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph John Charles and Alice Ernestine Hearn. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK909 |
Markings | IP-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. D. 7. |
Epitaph | REST ETERNAL GRANT HIM, O LORD; AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 179 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1457812 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Former Control Tower, old Tholthorpe airfield site, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-09-1943 |
End Date | 23-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Hanover- the first of four large raids. 711 aircraft, 26 losses (3.7%). Five American B-17s also took part. Visibility was good but strong winds hampered the marking efforts and consequently the bombing by the main force. No local report is available but it is unlikely that significant damage was caused. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt. Heinz Bock of 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield, Netherlands, and crashed at Ströhen, south of Bremen. |