Stanley Hextall
Service number
958780
Military unit
158 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
3 Sherwood Hall Road, Mansfield
Date of birth
Date of death
18 Apr 1942 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Son of Harry and Mary Hextall, of 3 Sherwood Hall Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Siblings: Ralph (1917), Philip (1918) and Geoffrey in 1922.
Military history
IBCC: Vickers wellington 11, serial number W5575.
Wireless operator/ air gunner
Took off from Driffield at 23:41 hours last heard from at 05:56 hours. Persumed to have ditched into North Sea on return from raid over Hamburg.
IBCC: 173 plane sortie over Hamburg but German authorities claimed only 50 bombers over Hamburg.
Lots of fires started but nothing strategic hit.
Extra information
Brunts School Book of Remembrance
Hextall S Sgt RAF Missing Reported Killed.
Photographs
No photos