| P/O Noel Karl Stansfield
a Canadian flew with
No
242 Squadron and No 229 Squadron.
He was wounded on the 30th of September
1940 at 10:40hrs. He baled out after his Hurricane
I (N2652) after combat with a Bf 109
over Ightham, Kent. He was awarded the D.F.C. on the 8th of October 1940. |
| P/O M.E.Staples
of No
609 Squadron was wounded when he baled out of his Hurricane
I (N3238) after combat with a Bf 109
over Yeovil at 16:30hrs on the 7th
of October 1940. |
| Sgt R.C.J.Staples
of No 72 Squadron crashed his Spitfire
I (L1078) during landing on the 6th
of August 1940 at Acklington. He wrecked the aircraft but he escaped
injury. |
| S/L H.M.Starr
served
with No 253 Squadron flying Hurricane's
and sharing command with Squadron Leader T.Gleave until the 31st
of August 1940. He baled out when his Hurricane
I (L1830) was shot down by
fighters near Grove Ferry on this day. He was killed in cold blood whilst
in his parachute. |
| F/O M.L.Steborowski
from Poland of
No
238 Squadron was shot down and killed off Portland in his Hurricane
I (P3819) on the 11th of
August 1940, at 10:45hrs. |
 F/Lt
Harbourne Mackay 'Steve' Stephen
joined the R.A.F.V.R. in 1937.He joined No
605 Squadron first but moved No 74
Squadron on the 1st of March 1939. He flew Spitfire's
with the Tigers during the Battle of Britain. He claimed a Bf
109 shot down on the 28th of July
1940 and another on the 20th
of October 1940. His total score was 9 confirmed an 8 shared. He was
awarded the D.S.O. and the D.F.C. and Bar |
| Sgt C.Stephens
of No 23 Squadron and his pilot (
P/O
C.F.Cardnell ) were killed on the 8th
of August 1940 whilst on night patrol. They crashed their Blenheim
If (L1448) near Peterborough. |
| F/O I.R.Stephenson
of No 264 Squadron was injured on
the 26th of August 1940 when he
baled out of his Defiant I (L7025)
off Herne Bay at 12:30hrs. He had been attacked by a Bf
109. His gunner Sgt W Maxwell was killed. |
| P/O P.J.T.Stephenson
of No 607 Squadron was wounded when
he baled out of his Hurricane I (V6688)
over Appledore on the 15th of September
1940 at 15:15hrs after an attack on a Dornier
Do 17 of KG 3. |
| P/O J.Sterbacek
a
Czech
from No 310 Squadron took off at
13:00hrs to patrol Hornchurch at Angels 15. He was shot down and killed
on the 31st of August 1940 at 13:30hrs
whilst engaging a formation of Dorniers
escorted by Bf 110's and Bf
109's. His Hurricane I (P3159)
was shot down by a Bf 109 over the
Thames Estuary. This was the Squadrons first action in the Battle of Britain.
He was the first Czech pilot to be give his life
for England. |
| Sgt R.E.Stevens
of No 29 Squadron was shot down on
the 13th of October 1940 and
killed in error by Hurricanes off
Point Ayr, Wirral at 18:00hrs in a Blenheim
If (L6637). His crew ( Sgt O.K.Sly
and AC2 A.Jackson ) also died. |
| P/O Peter C.F.'Paddy' Stevenson
of No 74 Squadron baled out
of his Spitfire I (P9393)
near Dover on the 11th of August 1940
after combat with some Bf 109's at
08:10hrs. He was picked up unhurt by a motor torpedo boat. He claimed a
Bf 109 shot down on the 28th of July
1940. |
| P/O Charles Stewart
a
New
Zealander from No 54 Squadron
baled out of his Spitfire I (P9389)
on the 24th of August 1940. His
aircraft was damaged by a
Bf 109 over
the Thames Estuary at 15:45hrs. The Spitfire
crashed at Kingsdown. Later in the war he was killed in action. |
| P/O D.Stewart-Clarke
of No 603 Squadron was wounded on
the 3rd of September 1940 at 10:10hrs.
He baled out of his Spitfire I (X4185)
wounded after being attacked by a Bf 109
of JG 26 off Margate. |
| F/O Peter Cape Beauchamp St
John joined
No
74 Squadron on the 7th of May 1940 from No
501 Squadron. He was K.I.A. on the 22nd
of October 1940. His Spitfire II
(P7431) was shot down by a Bf 109
over South Nuttfield, Surrey at 15:30hrs. |
| Sgt. N.J.Stocks
was with No 248 Squadron during the
Battle of Britain flying in Blenheim's.
On the 20th of October 1940 he
was on a recce sortie off the Norwegian coast flying in Blenheim
IVf (L9453) when he was shot down and killed. The other members of
the crew were S.R.Gane & M.D.Green
. |
| Sgt J.Stokoe
of No 603 Squadron was wounded on
the 2nd of September 1940 at 17:25hrs.
He had been in combat with fighters and baled out of his Spitfire
I (N3056). Later in the War he joined No 54 Squadron and was promoted
to Pilot Officer. |
| F/Lt George E.B.Stoney
a Canadian of
No
501 Squadron was shot down and killed on the 18th
of August 1940 at 17:45hrs in a Hurricane
I (P2549). He was in combat with a Bf
110 over the Thames Estuary. |
| P/O James Eric Storrar
of No
145 Squadron destroyed two enemy aircraft prior to the Battle of Britain.
His take off cry was "Fuel and noise- let's go!".
During July he shot down eight more. On the 8th
of August 1940 a Ju 87 and, on
the 12th a Bf
110. He was awarded the D.F.C. on the 20th
of August 1940. He ended the war as a Wing Commander with a D.F.C.
with 6 confirmed an 3 shared. |
| P/O Whitney Willard Straight
CBE, D.F.C.
was born on 6 November 1912 in New York. After her husband's death in 1918
Straight's mother married again and went to England. After education at
Dartington Hall he went to Trinity College, Cambridge. He flew his own
aeroplane and was a well-known racing driver, in his black-and-silver Maserati.
In 1935 he married, became a British subject. Whitney joined
No
601 A.A.F Squadron in early 1939 and was called to full-time service
on the 24th of August 1939. He went to Norway with a naval force on the
15th of April 1940, with the temporary rank of Squadron Leader and was
injured in a German bombing raid on a frozen lake on the 25th and evacuated
to Britain by the Navy. He regained his operational category and rejoined
No
601 A.A.F Squadron at Exeter on the 28th
of September 1940 and flew in Hurricane's
during the Battle of Britain. On the 1st of January 1941 for his work in
Norway he was awarded the M.C. the Norwegian War Cross (18.12.42),
received a Mention in Dispatches on the 1st of January 1943, was made a
C.B.E. on the 8th of August 1944 and an Officer of the US Legion of Merit
on the 15th of March 1946. He became Managing Director of B.O.A.C. in 1947.
Whitney Straight died on the 5th of April 1979. |
| Sgt S.G.Stuckey
of No
213 Squadron was killed when his
Hurricane
I (P2802) was shot down over the Channel off Bognor at 12:45hrs on
the 12th of August 1940. |
| P/O J.A.P.Studd
of No
66 Squadron was killed by the return fire from a He
111 on the 19th of August 1940. He baled out of his
Spitfire
I (N3182) and was rescued but died later from his injuries. |
| P/O F.Surma
from Poland flew Hurricane's
with No 151 Squadron,
No
607 Squadron & No 257 Squadrons
during the Battle of Britain. P/O F.Surma was with No
257 Squadron when he baled out of his Hurricane
I (P3893) safely on the 29th
of October 1940 over Bobbingworth, Essex at 17:00hrs. F.Surma was shot
down and killed over Dunkirk on the 8th of November 1941 in a Spitfire
Vb (AB930) of No 308 Squadron whilst on Circus 110. |
| F/O F.B.Sutton
was one of the members of No 56 Squadron
"B" flight who went to France on the 16th of May 1940. He destroyed a
Do
17 on the 17th but later that day was wounded in the foot when bounced
by a Bf 109 on take-off and was sent
back to England. During the Battle of Britain itself he destroyed 4 aircraft
before being shot down in his Hurricane
(R4198) on the 28th of August 1940
at 17:00hrs (possibly by a Spitfire!),
over the Thames Estuary and baling out, he was seriously burned. He spent
a year in hospital, after which he was posted to the Far East. He was awarded
the D.F.C. on the 17th of August 1945. |
| Sgt L.Switon
from Poland joined
No
54 Squadron in Spitfire's on
the 9th of August 1940, but was
only with them a week before being posted to No
303 Squadron flying Hurricane's. |
| F/Sgt C.Sydney
of No 92 Squadron was killed on the
27th of September 1940 at 09:40hrs.
His Spitfire I (R6767) was shot
down over Kingston in Surrey. |
| Sgt D.B.Sykes
of No 145 Squadron force landed his
Hurricane
I (N2494) near St Leonards, Sussex on the 27th
of October 1940 at 12:20hrs. He had run out of fuel during combat.
D.B.Sykes was unhurt this time but on the afternoon of the 7th of November
he was injured when he crash landed his Hurricane
I (P2924) near Ventnor, Isle of Wight after being shot down by a Bf
109. |
| P/O E.J.H.Sylvester
from No
501 Squadron was on patrol in a Hurricane
I (P3082) on the 20th of July 1940
when he was shot down in Lyme Bay, Dorset by a Bf
109 of JG 27 at 16:30hrs. |
| F/O Eugeniusz Szaposznikow
from Poland flew Hurricane's
with No 303 Squadron during the Battle
of Britain. His tally of kills was 8 confirmed kills 1 shared and 1 damaged.
He attained the rank of flight Lieutenant. |
| P/O Henryk 'Sneezy' Szczesny
was a 31 year old from Poland.
He was born in Warsaw and went to college there. He became an army cadet
before joining the Polish Air Force at Deblin. He was married with 2 sons.
He fought the Germans in Poland and was wounded. He escaped to Malta by
ship the arrived at Eastchurch via France. He joined
No
74 Squadron in August 1940 after
converting to Spitfire's and learning
English. He was also known as 'Henry the Pole'. His tally of kills
was 8 confirmed 3 shared 1 probable and 2 damaged. He attained the rank
of Squadron Leader. |
| Sgt J.Szlagowski
from Poland of
No
234 Squadron crashed his Spitfire
I (N3278) at Pensilva after running out of fuel on the 8th
of August 1940 at 10:15hrs. He escaped unhurt. |