White, Stanley George
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley George |
Surname | White |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Rupert and Amy Elizabeth White. Husband of Miriam Margaret White, of Dagenham, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | R9365 |
Markings | MP-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer |
Grave Reference | Plot 8. Row A. Grave 9. |
Epitaph | O LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO, I GIVE THEE BACK THE LIFE I OWE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 263 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1285421 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-09-1942 |
End Date | 17-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 369 aircraft, 39 losses (10.6%). Bombing was scattered but this was a successful raid on a difficult target. Considerable damage sustained at the strategic Krupps works and bombs also fell in neighbouring Wuppertal and Bochum |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Rubrouck, France |