Air Vice Marshal Stanley Flamank Vincent, CB, DFC, AFC, DL (7 April 1897 – 13 March 1976) was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and later a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF).

In March 1917 he returned to England with his commanding officer (CO), Major Smith-Barry, in order to open and establish the School of Special Flying at Gosport.

After the war, he was sent to France to bring back captured German machines and joined No 24 Squadron where he gave refresher courses to repatriated prisoners-of-war.

In 1921 he was appointed flight commander at the newly opened Royal Air Force College Cranwell.

After a brief period with the Air Ministry, followed by attendance at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, he was promoted to group captain and in March 1940 returned to RAF Northolt where he commanded the station during the Battle of Britain.

After he requested active duty, Vincent was sent to assist with the defence of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies Campaign.

226 Group, which had only two Hurricane squadrons, along with the remnants of Brewster Buffalo units, at Palembang, Sumatra.

Outnumbered and poorly-equipped Commonwealth and Dutch units fought a losing battle against overwhelming enemy forces and in March, Vincent was evacuated to Australia, where he advised on air defence systems.

221 Group (South East Asia Air Forces, Burma) where he provided aerial support for the 14th Army.

He remained in Asia until the end of the war and, on the day of the victory parade, was invalided home with dysentery.

Between 1945 and 1948 he held the position of Senior Air Staff Officer, RAF Fighter Command.

On 15 September 2010, a replica Hawker Hurricane gate guardian in the colours of Vincent's aircraft was unveiled at RAF Northolt.