Crafts, Robert Harland (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-July-02

Sergeant Robert Harland Crafts RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-November-29

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Home: Kingsville, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

149 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis Nocte Strong by night

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

18074A

Home
Google MapKingsville, Ontario
Target
Google MapBrest France German Battlecruiser Prince Eugen
Final Burial
Google MapKerfautras Cemetery
Plot 40 Row 1 Grave 19

Took off from Mildenhall at 21:58 in Wellington Mk Ic (Sqn code OJ-B Bomber Command) on an operation to Brest France (German Battlecruiser Prince Eugen).

Aircraft was reported to have crashed alongside the ship and it was thought they managed to drop a bomb which seriously damaged the ship and resulted in the loss of sixty German sailors

Killed includes Crafts: Flight Sergeant Anthony Robert James Harrison RAF KIA Kerfautras Cemetery, Brest, France Plot 40. Row 1. Grave 29. Sergeant William James Megran RAF KIA Kerfautras Cemetery, Brest, Plot 40. Row 1. Grave 21. Sergeant Cecil Charles Reidmuller RAF KIA Kerfautras Cemetery Plot 40. Row 1. Grave 8. Sergeant William Mervyn Symmons RAAF KIA Kerfautras Cemetery, Plot 40. Row 1. Grave 25. Pilot Officer Standish Locksley St. Vincent-Welch RAAF KIA Kerfautras Cemetery, Plot 40. Row 1. Grave 7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)