Cranswick, Douglas (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-June-28

Flight Sergeant Douglas Cranswick RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Ernest & Mary Cranswick

Spouse: Lillian Elvera Cranswick, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

150 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aiei Anomen Alway Ahead: Greek

Base

RAF Snaith

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/74850

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Target
Google MapBremen Germany
Final Burial
Google MapRusthof Amersfoort
Plot 13 Row 3 Grave 43

Took off from Snaith at 23:25 in Wellington Mk III (Sqn code JN-K Bomber Command) on an operation to Bremen Germany.

Shot down by flak and crashed at Scheinflughafen SF 21, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Holland.

Killed includes Cranswick: Flight Sergeant Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy RCAF R/55408 KIA Oud Leusden General Cemetery, Amersfoort Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 45. Flight Sergeant Milton Argue Fawcett RCAF R/68576 KIA Oud Leusden General Cemetery, Amersfoot, Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 46. Sergeant Leslie Ernest Clarke RAF KIA Oud Leusden General Cemetery, Amersfoot, Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 47. Sergeant George Boyd Gane RAF pilot KIA Oud Leusden General Cemetery, Amersfoot Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 44. Sergeant Alan Nightingale RAF pilot KIA Oud Leusden General Cemetery, Amersfoot Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 42.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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