RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Stanton, John Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Stanton ​

• FORENAME

John Edward ​

• UNIT

138 Squadron (R.A.A.F.) ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

422817 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

27th February 1945 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 283 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Mrs E.M. Stanton,Manly,New South Wales,Australia
aircrew
SOE Op.Crupper 37,Norway
Stirling LK272
hit by flak and crashed North Sea ​

 

[pamela]

John Edward Stanton

THIS WAS MY UNCLE AND I HAVE ONLY EVER SEEN ONE PHOTO OF HIM. HE WAS AWARDED A BRAVERY MEDAL IN 1938 FOR SAVING TWO MENS LIVES IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST MEDALS EVER AWARDED FOR SLS. I AM SO VERY PROUD OF HIM YET AUSTRALIA HARDLY RECOGNISES HIS SERVICE.