Service Details
Name:
 AINSLIE
Given Name:
 ALLAN STUART
Initials:
 A S
Service No:
 37310
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 210 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-06-29
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Date of Birth:
 1913-05-01
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Sunderland I N9026, lost with flying-boat and crew over the North Sea, in the Western Approaches, Atlantic Ocean
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 20 February 1940 pg. 1055
Additional
Information:
Son of William Stuart Thompson Ainslie and Constance Pauline, nee Lewis. Educated Dale College, King William's Town. Born King William's Town. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Cadet Draft 1929-30 (Senior Cadet Captain). After leaving General Botha Allan Stuart Ainslie became a cadet in the White Star Line and also a Probationary Midshipman RNR. In 1938 he joined the RAF in which he became Flight-Lieutenant and was awarded the DFC for gallantry in action during operations off the Island of Silt. Flight Lieutenant 6 February 1940.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 4.

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