Stanley Joseph Beranek
Clerk - Arthur Rose Ltd
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Son of Jerome Frank and Marie Antoinette Beranek ( aka Jaroslav Beranek and Marie Beranek nee Sestak, both born Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2nd Batt Non-Permanent Active Militia 9/10/1940 - 7/11/1940 left to join RCAF
13/12/1940 RCAF
Initial training 4/3/1941 - 4/4/1941 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
ETFS 10/4/1941 - 4/4/1941 Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada.
STFS 23/6/1941 - 1/9/1941 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. (Cessna AT-17 Crane)
Wings 29/8/1941
2 PRC
14 OTU
408 Sqdn
Hampden AT189 408 Sqn that took-off from RAF Balderton at 22:40 on a gardening mission off Lorient. Crashed at Servel, nearby Lannion Airfield, northern France with the loss of all the crew. P/O Beranek had reported his aircraft was disabled (reasons unknown) and was preparing to ditch in the Channel. Rescue flights and boats found no sign of the aircraft and it was believed to have been lost at sea. Whether the crew had seen the Le Leguer and Bay of Lannion and believed themselves over the Channel or turned inland is not known.
Also killed
Sgt Alfred Squire
Sgt Edward Conwell
Sgt Donald Haddock.
Unknown
Photo of Stanley Joseph Beranek