MARSDEN, Stanley
| Service Number: | 401575 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Thornbury, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1918 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 7 September 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 401575 | |
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| 1 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 401575, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 7 Sep 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 401575, No. 12 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
At 00:59 on 7 September 1942 Wellington BJ691 (call sign PH - T) left RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire loaded with 810 x 4lb (0.9kg) incendiary bombs. The aircraft was one of seven Wellington bombers assigned to bomb Duisberg, Germany that night. One aircraft crashed on take-off, whilst two others did not return to base.
The crew of Wellington BJ691 PH-T were Flight Sergeant Gordon Littlejohn (RAAF) [Pilot], Sergeant G L Marshall [RAF) [Navigator], Sergeant Stanley Marsden (RAAF) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner], Sergeant F H Wilson (RAF) [Bomb Aimer], Sergeant F R Carruthers (RCAF) [Rear Gunner]. The aircraft failed to return from the operational flight with nothing heard from aircraft after take off. The plane and crew were lost without trace.
The airmen are memorialised on the Runnymede Air Forces War Memorial on Cooper's Hill at Englefield Green near Windsor.