Stanley Raymond Lupton was just 21 when his Halifax bomber was shot down over the Netherlands, killing him and all six of his fellow crewmates.
It happened during the night of Aug. 5-6, 1942. Stan, the brother of my late grandfather William Lupton, had enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) from his hometown of Chatham, Ont., two years earlier. He wanted to be a pilot but ended up serving as an air gunner with 102 Squadron.
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