Stammers, Ernest Frank
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Ernest Frank |
Surname | Stammers |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank and Susan Elizabeth Stammers, of Transcona, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ898 |
Markings | KO-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. A. 20. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS REMEMBERED AND LOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 246 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/59841 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Stammers Lake, Manitoba; 6km east of Tice Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-12-1942 |
End Date | 07-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
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 | Crashed at Alsheim, NNW or Worms |