Rigden, Stanley James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley James |
Surname | Rigden |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry and Annie Rigden. Husband of Elizabeth Frances Rigden, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JN954 |
Markings | VR-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Maastricht General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Grave 85A. |
Epitaph | TO STAN. LOVE AND PROUD REMEMBRANCE BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS "GOD BLESS YOU" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 232 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/109302 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Rigden Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-04-1944 |
End Date | 28-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Montzen- to attack railway installations. 144 aircraft, 15 losses (10.4%). Not a particularly successful raid, compounded by very high loss rate. Only one part of the railway yards were hit. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the suburbs of Maastricht, Holland |