In memory of

Flying Officer

Stanley Arthur Hay

who died on 14 Feb 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J39167
  Date of death 19450214
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J39167 Flying Officer (No. 420 Snowy Owl Squadron RCAF wireless air gunner) Stanley Arthur Hay (b.1913) of Rowletta was KIA 19450214 and is buried at Stonefall cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Hay's Halifax developed engine trouble shortly after takeoff and crashed attempting to land at Tholthorpe. He was the son of Robert Alexander and Margaret Jane (Wilson) Hay who came from Palmerston, Wellington Co., Ontario, to homestead SE36-18-30-W2 in 1908 and later retired to Moose Jaw. Stanley was born at Caron, educated at Premier and Lake Valley schools and was a yard man and truck driver for Beaver Lumber when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 162 - Caron
  Cemetery or memorial location Stonefall cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Grayburn
Rowletta
  Geo-memorial Hay Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.4333°N / 104.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P7
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19130206
  Place of birth Caron    
  Date of enlistment 19410522
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Rowletta    
  Occupation yard man
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