Craik, Murray Clayton (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-September-24

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Murray Clayton Craik RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-May-02

Born:

Parents: George Robert & Elsie Craik

Spouse:

Home: Baldur, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

467 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
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Base

RAF Bottesford

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/110957

Home
Google MapBaldur, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapMannheim Germany
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 6 Row E Coll Grave 4-8

Took off from Bottesford at 19:01 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PO-Y Bomber Command) on an operation to Mannheim Germany.

Home-bound, shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hockenheim, Baden-WÃÆ'Ã"šÃ‚¼rttemberg Germany.

Killed includes Craik: Flight Sergeant Hans Asmussen Green RCAF R/147218 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. E. 9. Pilot Officer Arthur Long RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. Flight Sergeant Oswald John Lumsden RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. Sergeant Thomas Terrance Blewett Francis RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 6. E. 10. Sergeant John Bennett Harrison RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8. Sergeant Cornelius Weddell RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. E. 4-8.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III EE135

Bombing Essen Germany 1943-September-24 to 1943-September-24

467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England
467 Australia Squadron. Lancaster aircraft EE 135 was shot down near Mannheim, Germany during a night trip to Essen, Germany. RCAF W/O II M.C. Craik and FS H.A. Green was killed. Five of the remaining non-Canadian crew were also killed: RAF Flt. Sgt's. T.T. Francis and J.B. Harrison; and RAAF Pilot Officer A. Long and Flt. Sgt. O.J. Lumsden.