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Operation: Patrol
Date: 11th September 1940 (Wednesday)
Unit: No. 46 Squadron
Type: Hurricane I
Serial: P3525
Base: RAF Stapleford Tawney/ North Weald
Location: Nr. Stapleford, Essex
Pilot: Sgt. Stanley Andrew 740169 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Returning from a patrol the Hurricane of Sgt. Andrew broke formation and span into the ground at 11.00 hrs near the airfield at Stapleford.
We have no further details as cause.
A bad day 46 squadron losing some four aircraft:
Sgt. William Peacock flying Hurricane V7232, shot down over the Thames Estuary, missing.
P/O. P.R. Mcgregor Injured in a crash landing at 15.40 hrs near Staple Cross, Kent.
Sgt. de Cannart d’Hamale baling out of Hurricane V6549 over Bodiam, Kent at 15.30 hrs. Sadly this Belgian pilot was killed on the 1st November 1940, flying a Hurricane V7616. Crashing at 13.00 hrs after combat with Me109s at Acrise, Kent.
Sgt. Stanley Andrew. All Saints Churchyard, North Ferriby, Yokshire. Grave 141.
Further information: Son of John William and Amelia Andrew, of Swanland, Yorkshire. Born in 1919. Attended Swanland School and the technical college in Kingston upon Hull. Prior to be call up, he was an aircraft fitter with the Blackburn Aircraft Company.
Researched for relatives of the pilot. Acknowledgments: With thanks to Mark Andrew for information and also to Winston G. Ramsey - "Battle of Britain Then and Now", Norman L.R. Franks "Fighter Command Losses" Vol. 1, Commonwealth Graves Commission.
Left: Sgt Andrew grave, All Saints Churchyard, North Ferriby (church photo courtesy Roger Gilbertson)
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