Lloyd George STANLEY

STANLEY, Lloyd George

Service Numbers: 404027, 411683
Enlisted: 26 April 1940
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 20 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: BRISBANE, QLD, 24 October 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft lost on reconnaissance mission, 8 March 1943, aged 23 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial
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World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404027
8 Mar 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 411683, No. 20 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, later RAAF 404027 (26/4/1940-8/3/1943 d/d)

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F/SGT Lloyd George Stanley 404027

404027 FSGT Lloyd George Stanley 404027 was a Wireless/Air Gunner aboard Consolidated Catalina Flying Boat Model 28-5MC when it was lost on a reconnaissance flight off Gasmata New Britain.  Precise circumstanes of its loss are unknown, but all crew were presumed killed.

The Aircraft had been built in the USA.  11/03/42 Departed Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
23/03/42 Arrived Rathmines, NSW.
13/04/42 11 Squadron.
09/07/42 20 Squadron.
08/03/43 Aircraft lost approximately 30 miles south east of Gasmata, New Britain, while on a reconnaissance flight. The entire crew were presumed killed:

W/CDR Francis Blomfield Chapman DFC [271349] (1st Pilot)
SGT Ronald Noblett Stephens [11363] (2nd Pilot)
F/O John Trevor David Todd [416087] (Navigator)
SGT John Edward Dewhurst [5219] (1st Engineer)
LAC Robert George Docking [19968] (2nd Engineer)
F/O Stanley Alfred Deacon [255057] (R.D.F Operator)
F/O Malcolm Bradshaw [406749] (Wireless/Air Gunner)
F/SGT Lloyd George Stanley [404027] (Wireless/Air Gunner)
LAC Colin Neville Anderson [42147] (Armourer)

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