Wing Commander GEORGE HEDLEY STAINFORTH
Service Number: 17150
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
89 Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 27 September 1942
Age 43 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Air Force Cross
- Additional Info Son of George Staunton Stainforth and Mary Ellen Stainforth, of Worthing, Sussex; husband of Gladys Imelda Stainforth. Member of Schneider Trophy Teams, 1929 and 1931; holder of World Air Speed Record of 407.8 M.P.H. in1931.
- Personal Inscription CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE "IN THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS WILL I REJOICE"
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