LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Leonard PALMER
Service No: 414952
Born: Mudgee NSW, 17 April 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School Bolingbroke aircraft 9898), Alberta, 20 December 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Lethbridge (Mountain View) Cemetery, Alberta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Andrew and Sophia Palmer, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Mudgee NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 December 1942, Bolingbroke 9898 crashed during a routine air to ground gunnery exercise. The crew of four was killed. The crew members were:
Leading Aircraftman Eugene Bohush (R/131732) (RCAF)
Pilot Officer George Henry Brazier (J/20200) (RCAF) (Second Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Neil John Dalgleish (R/105922) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Leonard Palmer (414952) (Trainee Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/149/296