Craig, Walter David (Pilot Officer)

Took off from Graveley at 20:15 in Halifax Mk II Sqn code TL-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Wensickendorf 26 km NNW from the centre of Berlin.

Killed includes Craig: Warrant Officer Class 2 Osborne Lloyd Bliss RCAF R/88244 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. L. 12-15. Pilot Officer William Philip Macdonald McIntosh RCAF J/18231 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. L. 12-15. Pilot Officer Robert William Nixon RCAF J/17729 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. L. 12-15. Flight Sergeant Dennis Burke RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 5. L. 8. Squadron Leader Michael Charles Xavier Mack RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 5. L. 10. F/Lt Harry Webster RAF pilot KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. L. 12-15.

Addendum: - Distinguished Flying Medal -No.35 Squadron - Award effective 1 September 1943 as per London Gazette dated 10 September 1943 and AFRO 2258/43 dated 5 November 1943.Award presented 17 April 1947. The citation reads - "Flight Sergeant Craig has completed numerous night bombing sorties against targets in enemy territory. These have included Berlin and Turin and other dangerous and distant objectives. During all these missions he has proved himself to be a most conscientious and efficient air gunner, and his constant watchfulness has, on more than one occasion, enabled his captain to evade fighters." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.