Photo: Steve Smith

Sergeant Baxter was serving with 222 Sqdn.
On 14th August 1940 he flew Spitfire I P9325 on patrol. He was involved in combat over Canterbury and force-landed his damaged aircraft at Eastchurch.

One month later, on 14th September 1940, he was flying Spitfire I X4275 on patrol and was killed in combat with a Messerschmidt 109 over Rochford.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941; Norman L.R. Franks; 1997; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 055 9

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

He made the following claims during the summer of 1940:
June 1st 1940, flying Spitfire I P9325 of 222 Squadron - one Messerschmitt Bf-110 destroyed over Dunkirk
September 2nd 1940, flying Spitfire I X4275 - one Bf-110 probably destroyed, one Bf-110 damaged, one Dornier Do-17 damaged
September 3 1940, flying Spitfire I X4275 - one Bf-110 probably destroyed
September 11 1940, flying Spitfire I P3031 - one Ju-88 destroyed, one He-111 destroyed
Those Other Eagles Christopher Shores, Grub Street Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1 904010 88 1, Page 44

See also:
Men of the North: A Few of The Few; Robert Dixon; Wolf’s Nick Publishing; 2011; ISBN 9781466446830

A Gathering of Eagles, Robert Dixon, PublishAmerica, 2004 ISBN 1 4137 3498 7 contains an account of the service of Sgt.Pilot Stanley Baxter in pages 31-34

Sidney Baxter was formerly Scout Patrol Leader of the 1st Birtley (Appleyard’s Own) Group

He is remembered in Birtley on B127.01 and in Chester-le-Street on C105.39

Scouts Roll of Honour 1939-45
The CWGC entry for Sergeant Baxter