In Memory Of

AINSLIE, ALLAN STUART

Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1913-05-01
Service No:
37310
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
210 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1940-06-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 4.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
D F C
Citations:
LG Sup 20 February 1940 pg. 1055
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.