Parents:--- Son of Edwin William Curtis and Lucy Florence Muhlhan married 11th October 1905 in
Rushworth, Victoria.
Wife:--- Husband of Lindsey Pocknee married 10th May 1941 in East Malvern, Victoria.
~~~Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel CURTIS, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF. World War Two.~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 401744
Enlisted in RAAF:-- 28th March 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Unit:--- No. 166 Squadron (RAF). RAF Station Kirmington
Fate:--- Died, air operations in No. 166 Squadron Wellington aircraft X3965, North West Europe, 30th March 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Rushworth Victoria.
Remembered:--- Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey England.
Remembered:--- Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- At 1943 hours on the night of 29/30 March 1943 Wellington X3965 took off from Kirmington being one of twelve squadron aircraft detailed to attack Bochum, Germany. Weather conditions were good, with good visibility and no cloud over the target. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1950 that the missing crew members had no known graves.(Plane was a Wellington X3965 of the RAF 166 Sqd. which was dispatched from Kirmington, Lincolnshire U.K to attack Bochum, Germany. The plane failed to return and was later revealed to have been shot down by German pilot F.W Heinz Vinke 20 km west of Zandvoort, Netherlands. The crew were officially presumed dead.
The crew members of X3965 were:
Flight Sergeant Jack Bernard Bayliss (412098) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Owen Eastwood Collins (414961) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel Curtis (401744) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant John Gordon Hubbard (1377312) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Leslie Young (125603) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Rushworth, Victoria.
Wife:--- Husband of Lindsey Pocknee married 10th May 1941 in East Malvern, Victoria.
~~~Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel CURTIS, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF. World War Two.~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 401744
Enlisted in RAAF:-- 28th March 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Unit:--- No. 166 Squadron (RAF). RAF Station Kirmington
Fate:--- Died, air operations in No. 166 Squadron Wellington aircraft X3965, North West Europe, 30th March 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Rushworth Victoria.
Remembered:--- Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey England.
Remembered:--- Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- At 1943 hours on the night of 29/30 March 1943 Wellington X3965 took off from Kirmington being one of twelve squadron aircraft detailed to attack Bochum, Germany. Weather conditions were good, with good visibility and no cloud over the target. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1950 that the missing crew members had no known graves.(Plane was a Wellington X3965 of the RAF 166 Sqd. which was dispatched from Kirmington, Lincolnshire U.K to attack Bochum, Germany. The plane failed to return and was later revealed to have been shot down by German pilot F.W Heinz Vinke 20 km west of Zandvoort, Netherlands. The crew were officially presumed dead.
The crew members of X3965 were:
Flight Sergeant Jack Bernard Bayliss (412098) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Owen Eastwood Collins (414961) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel Curtis (401744) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant John Gordon Hubbard (1377312) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Leslie Young (125603) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Parents:--- Son of Edwin William Curtis and Lucy Florence Muhlhan married 11th October 1905 in
Rushworth, Victoria.
Wife:--- Husband of Lindsey Pocknee married 10th May 1941 in East Malvern, Victoria.
~~~Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel CURTIS, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF. World War Two.~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 401744
Enlisted in RAAF:-- 28th March 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Unit:--- No. 166 Squadron (RAF). RAF Station Kirmington
Fate:--- Died, air operations in No. 166 Squadron Wellington aircraft X3965, North West Europe, 30th March 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Rushworth Victoria.
Remembered:--- Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey England.
Remembered:--- Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- At 1943 hours on the night of 29/30 March 1943 Wellington X3965 took off from Kirmington being one of twelve squadron aircraft detailed to attack Bochum, Germany. Weather conditions were good, with good visibility and no cloud over the target. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1950 that the missing crew members had no known graves.(Plane was a Wellington X3965 of the RAF 166 Sqd. which was dispatched from Kirmington, Lincolnshire U.K to attack Bochum, Germany. The plane failed to return and was later revealed to have been shot down by German pilot F.W Heinz Vinke 20 km west of Zandvoort, Netherlands. The crew were officially presumed dead.
The crew members of X3965 were:
Flight Sergeant Jack Bernard Bayliss (412098) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Owen Eastwood Collins (414961) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel Curtis (401744) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant John Gordon Hubbard (1377312) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Leslie Young (125603) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Rushworth, Victoria.
Wife:--- Husband of Lindsey Pocknee married 10th May 1941 in East Malvern, Victoria.
~~~Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel CURTIS, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF. World War Two.~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 401744
Enlisted in RAAF:-- 28th March 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Unit:--- No. 166 Squadron (RAF). RAF Station Kirmington
Fate:--- Died, air operations in No. 166 Squadron Wellington aircraft X3965, North West Europe, 30th March 1943.
Burial:--- No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Rushworth Victoria.
Remembered:--- Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey England.
Remembered:--- Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- At 1943 hours on the night of 29/30 March 1943 Wellington X3965 took off from Kirmington being one of twelve squadron aircraft detailed to attack Bochum, Germany. Weather conditions were good, with good visibility and no cloud over the target. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1950 that the missing crew members had no known graves.(Plane was a Wellington X3965 of the RAF 166 Sqd. which was dispatched from Kirmington, Lincolnshire U.K to attack Bochum, Germany. The plane failed to return and was later revealed to have been shot down by German pilot F.W Heinz Vinke 20 km west of Zandvoort, Netherlands. The crew were officially presumed dead.
The crew members of X3965 were:
Flight Sergeant Jack Bernard Bayliss (412098) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Owen Eastwood Collins (414961) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Stanley Noel Curtis (401744) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant John Gordon Hubbard (1377312) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Leslie Young (125603) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Inscription
"Known unto God" "Their glory shall not be blotted out."
Gravesite Details
"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades."
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1961
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Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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