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Crane, Mortimer Park 'Mort' (Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1918-May-15
Birth Date: unkown date (age 24)
Born: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Theron Insco Crane & Charlotte Augusta West
unmarried
Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Service
RAF
RAF
Unit
(OT) CFS- Central Flying School (RFC)
(OT) CFS- Central Flying School (RFC)
Base
Upaven England
Upaven England
Rank
Lieutenant
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Position
pilot-trainee
pilot-trainee
Service Numbers
Crane was an American citizen who came to Toronto in 1917 to enlist in the RFC, 1917-12-19: to be RFC 2nd-Lieut.
1918-05-15: Crane died in SE5, D-3957, when he turned the aircraft while in formation and and ran into Lt Leonard John Cox (British) from underneath while breaking up the formation, Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.
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