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Military service
Service number:
J/42259
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 6, 1923
Lucan, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 4, 1942
London, Ontario
Death:
April 25, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 280.
Additional information
Son of Uriah F. and Leda M. Stanley, of Lucan, Ontario.
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Stanley, James Kent - Flying Officer. Born 6th August, 1923, at London, Ont. Educated at High School, Lucan, Ont. Entered the service of the Bank 6th October, 1941. Served at London, Ont., city branches. Enlisted 30th January, 1943, from London branch in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in March, 1944; Flying Officer in November, 1944. Trained at Brandon, Man., Saskatoon, Sask., Edmonton, Alta., Paulson, Man., and Calgary, Alta. Overseas in May,1944. Missing after air operations on 25th April, 1945. Officially presumed dead 22nd November, 1945. Flying Officer Stanley was a nephew of Mr. F. G. Stanley, an Assistant General Manager of the Bank. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer James Kent Stanley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer James Kent Stanley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Kent Stanley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Kent Stanley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Kent Stanley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Kent Stanley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Kent Stanley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Kent Stanley
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Commemorated on:
Page 566 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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