Stanley Anton Wells

RAF   P/O

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More Canadians Missing Overseas

October 2nd 1941 - Flying Officer Stanley Anton Wells of Weston has been killed in action, word being received by his mother, Mrs. S. C. Wells, Humberview Crescent. He was a spectacular flier, noted for his courage and audacity. A veteran of the Ethiopian campaign, he was transferred to Libya where he saw plenty of action. It is believed he was near Tobruk at the time of his death. Wells was the son of a former president of the Canadian National Telegraphs, and was educated at Lachine High School and Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que.

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From Weston Ontario

Joined RAF early summer 1940
Commissioned 9 November
Joined "K" flight in East Africa
Served in Western desert with new 250 squadron

KIA  27 Sept 1941
- Shot down by Karl-Wolfgang Redlich of 1/JG 27

His name is engraved on the Alemein Memorial

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Victories Include :

26 feb 1941
30 jun 1941
26 aug 1941   

one CR 32
one Bf110
two Bf109s    		destroyed
destroyed
destroyed    		N5815
AK349
AK416

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--- Canadian Aces ---

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On these pages I use info from the Air force Association of Canada's web site
in Hugh Halliday's excellent Honors & Awards section,
Newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
as well as other sources both published and private

 

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