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| Name: | Stanley "Stan" Stanger | Country: | Canada | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 28, 66 | Victories: | 13 | Born: | 10 July 1894 | Place of Birth: | Montreal | Died: | 10 September 1967 | Place of Death: | Montreal |
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| | Wounded by antiaircraft fire on 23 August 1918, Stanger returned to duty a month later. During October of that year, he inadvertently landed at an Austro-Hungarian aerodrome. When he realized his mistake, he used his boots as wheel chocks, swung the prop and took off before he could be captured. |
| | "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in destroying six enemy aeroplanes. He did splendid service." MC citation, London Gazette, 16 September 1918 |
| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
| "A dashing and determined leader who has frequently engaged enemy formations in superior numbers, inflicting heavy casualties. On 4 October he, in company with another machine, engaged six enemy aeroplanes; three of these were destroyed, Captain Stanger accounting for two. In all he has destroyed five enemy machines, displaying on all occasions great courage and skill." DFC citation, London Gazette, 3 December 1918 |
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