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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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12.08.1940 213 Squadron Hurricane I P2802 Sgt. Stuckey

Operation: Patrol

Date: 12th August 1940 (Monday)

Unit: No. 213 Squadron

Type: Hurricane I

Serial: P2802

Code: AK-R

Base: RAF Exeter

Location: Bognor, Sussex.

Pilot: Sgt. Sidney George Stuckey 516338 RAF Age 26. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off on patrol in the early afternoon and a dog fight commenced with members of the NKJ. over the Channel near Bristol. Massive attacks were made this day by the Luftwaffe against British radar installations and airfields.

Sgt. Sidney George Stuckey joined the RAF a few years before the war and at the time of the outbreak he was serving with 73 Squadron.

A dark day indeed for fighter command, with no less than 18 aircraft lost, two landed and repaired and one struck off charge. 11 pilots lost their lives, 5 were wounded some with terrible burns. Another 213 Squadron Hurricane was lost during the same patrol, Sgt. Geoffrey N. Wilkes flying Hurricane P2854 AK-M was also shot down over Bognor and killed at around the same time.No further details as yet on this loss and we invite further information from any source.

He is shown below with other 73 Squadron pilots in France. On June 18th he returned to Church Fenton with the squadron and after a short break of leave he was then posted to 213 Squadron at Exeter.

Centre: Sgt. Sidney Stuckey with 73 Squadron pilots (Courtesy IWM)


Burial Details:

Sgt. Sidney George Stuckey. Runnymede Memorial Panel 20. Son of Sidney John and Annie Florence Stuckey, of Bristol.


For the brother of Sidney and all his friends. Acknowledgments: George Clark, Norman Franks - Fighter Command Losses, CWGC.








Runnymede




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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 Captain 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', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, 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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