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Military service
Service number:
R/72892
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
3 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
April 7, 1923
Popular Grove, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
April 10, 1941
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 7. Row D. Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of Ira David and Alice Banks, of Conway (Poplar Grove), Prince Edward Island. Brother of Robert, Kenneth, J. Cody, J. Byron, Earle S. Banks, Ruby I Smith and Flying Officer Stewart Ira Banks, killed in a flying accident, 15 September 1953.
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Death Over Dieppe (Cover Page)
Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
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Death Over Dieppe: The story of F/S Sterling D. Banks, RCAF, R72892, Prince Edward Island Hurricane Pilot, WWII<P> Written by Roy E. Ramsey -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Stirling David Banks
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Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne, about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne. On reaching Abbeville from Boulogne on the N1 at the roundabout, take the right turn immediately before Boulogne Road direction.
A CWGC direction sign is on site. Enter the ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY by the left hand side main gate and follow CWGC signs within the Cemetery.
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