Liddle, Stanley Melville
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Stanley Melville |
Surname | Liddle |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 29-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Gordon and Ida Liddle, of Burnaby, British Columbia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA718 |
Markings | MG-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 255. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 199 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/97888 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Squadron Motto | Per diem per noctem (By day and by night) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 29th Sept 1922. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/101/1 |
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 | 28-01-1944 |
End Date | 29-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 677 aircraft, 46 losses (6.8%). The diversionary raids drew off a significant number of fighters but the German controller was able to re-group the over the target and many aircraft were Lost as a result. The cloud was broken and some ground marking was possible and despite claims by Bomber Command that the bombing was concentrated, the local report says otherwise. Nevertheless, around 180000 people were bombed out and an unusually high proportion of public and administrative buildings were hit, including the Chancellery. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Zühlen, Germany |