Craigie, James Edgar Donald (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-June-26

Flying Officer James Edgar Donald Craigie RCAF

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: James Workman Craigie & Pearl Lowry Craigie

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

106 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Syerston

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/22535

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapGelsenkirchen, Germany
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Plot C Row 12 Grave 369

Took off from Syerston at 23:00 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code ZN-V Bomber Command) on an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed at Hippolytushoef (Noord Holland) 14 km ESE of Den Helder.

Killed includes Craigie: Sergeant John Frederick Bates RAF KIA Hippolytushoef General Cemetery Wieringen, Plot C. Row 12. Grave 368. Sergeant Eric Charles Crook RAF KIA Hippolytushoef General Cemetery Wieringen Plot C. Row 12. Coll. grave 370-372. Pilot Officer Gerard William Board Enright RAF KIA Hippolytushoef General Cemetery Wieringen, Plot C. Row 12. Coll. grave 370-372. Sergeant Edwin Thomas Harding RAF KIA (1531330) Air Gunner Lancaster B.I W4256 IBCC [RAF] 1943-06-26 106 Sqdn AIR27 Netherlands Hippolytushoef General Cemetery Wieringen, Plot C. Row 12. Coll. grave 370-372. Sergeant Stephen George White RAF pilot KIA Hippolytushoef General Cemetery, Wieringen Plot C. Row 12. Grave 373. Flight Sergeant Maxwell Birdwood Watt RAAF KIA Hippolytushoef General Cemetery Wieringen Plot C. Row 12. Grave 367.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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