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| Flying Officer Philip John Norman STANCLIFFE (129947) | |
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Unit Base Personnel Depot, Maison Blanche, Royal Air Force Date of birth: 15th January 1922 Date of death: 6th February 1943 Killed on active service aged 21 Buried at La Reunion War Cemetery in Algeria Plot I Row B Grave 2 |
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| Philip John Norman Stancliffe was born at Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America on the 15th of January 1922 the younger son of Cecil Wheatley Stancliffe, an engineer and technical consultant to a concrete manufacturer, and Anne Margarette (nee Knor) Stancliffe, of Cloister House, Minor Canon Row, Rochester in Kent. He was educated at Lancing College where he was in Sandersons House from January 1936 to 1937. He was a member of the Boxing Team in 1937. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Flight Sergeant. He completed his training at No. 53 Operational Training Unit and was recommended for ferry duties on the 6th of July 1942. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 21st of August 1942 and was posted to the Unit Base Personnel Depot at Maison Blanche in Algeria. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 18th of December 1942. Philip Stancliffe took off from Maison Blanche the 6th of February 1943 in Spitfire Mk IX EN113 for a ferry flight to Setif. The aircraft had almost reached its destination when it crashed at Lafayette at around 12.45pm and he was killed instantly. His father received the following telegram dated the 11th of February 1943: - |
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