Date of birth:

April 17th, 1915 (Westhampnett/Sussex, Great Britain)

Date of death:

December 17th, 1943 (Littlehampton/Sussex, Great Britain)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves St. George Churchyard

Service number:

40822

Nationality:

British

Stephen Alers Hankey was born on April 14th, 1915 as son to Cecil George Herbert Alers Hankey and Gertrude Clair Fetherstonhaugh. He married Elizabeth Anne Papillon on July 26th, 1938.

Promotions:
?: Corporal;
?: 2nd Lieutenant;
June 4th, 1938: Pilot Officer;
September 3rd, 1940: Flying Officer;
September 3rd, 1941: Flight Lieutenant (war subs.).

Career:
?: Lancing College;
?: Officer Training Corps;
?: Royal Military College Sandhurst;
?: Royal Sussex Regiment;
?; Delahaye, Londen;
June 4th, 1938: Royal Air Force;
?: No. 4 Squadron;
June 1943: No. 161 (Special Service) Squadron

When he returned to England on December 17th, 1943 with his Westland Lysander V9674, MA-K, No. 161 Squadron he crashed at 04.00 hrs near Littlehampton, Sussex. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Steven Alers Hankey and both passengers, Albert Kohan en Jacqyes Tayar, were killed.

His own aircraft
- Westland Lysander Mk II, P1711, TV-?, crashed on May 14th, 1940, Aspelaere, Belgium;
- Westland Lysander V9674, MA-K, crashed on December 17th, 1943, near Littlehampton, Sussex.

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• - Accident Westland Lysander Mk IIIa V9674, 17 Dec 1943
  - Lieut Stephen Alers Hankey (1915-1943) - Find A Grave Memorial
  - The London Gazette of 5 November 1940, Issue 34986, page 6396
  - The London Gazette of 4 November 1941, Issue 35335, page 6373
  

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