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111 Squadron Crest
18.08.1940 No. 111 Squadron Hurricane I R4187 Fl/Lt. S. Connors DFC Bar

Operation: Airfield Defence

Date: 18th August 1940 (Sunday)

Unit: No. 111 Squadron

Type: Hurricane I

Serial: R4187

Code: ?

Base: RAF Croydon

Location: The Oaks, Wallington, Surrey

Pilot: Fl/Lt. Stanley Dudley Pierce Connors DFC Bar. 40349 RAF Age 28. Killed


REASON FOR LOSS:

During combat with Do17’s in the process of bombing Kenley Airfield the Hurricane was hit and shot down by friendly anti-aircraft fire. The aircraft crashed at ‘The Oaks’, Wellington in Surrey at 13:18hrs.

He was at this time an ‘ace’ with 12 aircraft confirmed as destroyed.

Shortly before his lost, he shot down a Bf 110C-6 S9 + TH of 1 Staffel/Erprobungs Gruppe 210 which crashed at Broadbridge Farm, Smallfield, Horley on the 15th August 1940. Both crew, Lt. Erich Beudel and his radio operator, Obergefreiter Otto Jordan were killed. Sgt. T.J. Wallace shared this - the Messerschmidt can be seen to have dozens of .303 strikes on the airframe. (courtesy Kracker Archive - on this website)

Joined 111 Squadron on 27th June 1938. Educated at the St. Pauls School, Darjeeling, India. Commissioned in December 1937.

Burial details:

Fl/Lt. Stanley Dudley Pierce Connors DFC Bar. North Berwick Cemetery. Sec. B. Grave 123. (shown right) Born on the 8th April 1912 the son of Pierce Frederick John Patrick and Norah Muriel Connors, husband of Marjorie Violet Connors, of North Berwick, Scotland.

The Luftwaffe crew were buried at Cannock Chase, graves 239 and 240. (shown left)

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to sources as quoted below.

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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