- Contributed by
- Mark Andrew
- People in story:
- Sergeant Pilot Stanley Andrew RAFVR
- Location of story:
- England and Norway
- Background to story:
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:
- A1088958
- Contributed on:
- 24 June 2003
My older brother was Sergeant Pilot Stanley ANDREW who served in 46 Squadron of The Royal Air Force at RAF Digby, Lincolnshire from September 1st 1939 until May 1940 when they went to Norway on HMS Glorious.
He was one of the 18 Hurricane Pilots who flew off the Carrier Flight Deck on May 26th 1940 for a 40 mile flight over the North Sea to land at difficult airstrips in Norway.
He was lucky not to be on Glorious when she was sunk on June 8th but 8 of his ' mates ' were lost.
He was back at Digby until September 1st 1940 when they were posted to RAF Stapleford Tawney near RAF North Weald - Essex
He was killed when his plane crashed after a patrol on September 11th
His Squadron Leader at Digby and in Norway was ' Bing ' Cross, He and Flight Lieutenant Pat Jameson [ from New Zealand ] were the only 2 RAF Survivors from Glorious. He died June 18th 2003 at Air Vice Marshall Sir Kenneth Cross,KCB,CBE, DSO, DFC.
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