Son of Joseph William and Martha Lupton, of  Wilson Ave., Chatham, Ontario, the brother of  William. Prior to the war Stanley was on the staff of the Chatham Daily News and the CPR. MHSB(P). Stanley was very popular in Chatham. He attended McKeough Public School and spent two years at the Chatham Collegiate Institute. Starting as a delivery boy at the Chatham Daily News. He was employed at the Canadian Pacific Telegraph prior to his enlistment.

He enlisted with the RCAF in April of 1940, graduating from Finfal Air School in April of 1941, going overseas a month later.

A cabel [telegram] signed by the Duke of Gloucester was received by Mr. and Mrs. Lupton regarding Stanley being in hospital was reported in the CDN 16/03/42 as follows:

Regret to inform you that your son Can. – R63733 Sergeant Stanley Raymond Lupton has been admitted to Leanchoil Hospital, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, and placed on the seriously ill list on 14 March 1942 suffering from otitis externa, now developed immediately of any change in condition air officer in chief R.C.A.F., overseas.

Stanley received a busted ear drum when the Sunderland flyingboat he was serving on made a forced steep dive while on patrol over the Atlantic ocean. It was as a result of the busted ear drum that resulted in an infection. He was confined to hospital until March an was not released until three weeks prior to his last flight.

Stanley was 21 years old at this time and had been on active service for several months. He recovered in good time.

In April of 1942 the local newspaper ran an article, “Sergeant Lupton Is Reported Recovered”. We think of men serving overseas as just being wounded in action when in fact the medical issues could be just as bad. In this case it was a “severe mastoid illness [likely mastoidits which before antibiotics was a leading cause of death in children. The mastoid is a bone in the skull just behind the ear.] This no doubt would have been very painful in the flight crew of a bomber.

Stanly had been confined to hospital at Leanchoil Hospital, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. The article indicated that Flt./Sgt. Luptonhad been removed from the list of “those seriously ill”.

Stanley, a wireless air gunner had been on active service for several months at a base in Scotland.

Age: 21, KIA – Date of Death: 06/08/1942. While flying in a Halifax bomber on Air Ops. over Holland the aircraft and crew went missing during a raid over enemy territory. The entire crew was lost. It was believed that his last flight was against Duisberg, Germany. A letter that was posted by Stanley arrived in Chatham after he was reported missing.  In that letter he mentioned assaults on Duesseldorf and Hamburg.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources

CFF-FD44, IOSD, TSGNO, VR, CVWM, CCI-RH, MHSB, CWGC, CDN (24/04/41), CDN (5/07/41)

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