248649 Sgt. Stanley Gordon Westbrook Royal Canadian Air Force 99 Squadron from:Galt, Ontario, Canada (d.22nd Oct 1941) Stanley Westbrook was born May 15, 1918 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada, and went missing 22nd of October 1941 while flying in A Wellington Aircraft as an air gunner with 99 Squadron.
He was a member of the crew of a Wellington bomber that was fully equipped with camera and bombs, and the last communication received from the bomber advised that engine trouble had developed. The Military was unable to report whether the bomber had reached its objective and was returning to its base. They also had no idea what was the cause of the engine trouble.
His parents were Ernest Frederick Westbrook who was born September 5, 1884 at Brantford, Brant County, Ontario and his mother was Edna May Heatherington who was born May 18, 1887 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario.
There is very little information regarding the final flight of Stanley and his mates. He is not even listed with Squadron 99. He is remembered in the book of remembrance. I have put his service number as well as his name in the internet and in different military sites but nothing comes up. He and his mates seem to be forgotten. I was trying to find out who the other fellows on his squadron were, but to no avail. His flight and missing crew are nowhere to be found.
I have given this information from his service files. Our family thought he went down over the English Channel but no one knows where that information came from nor can it be confirmed.
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