Craven, George Edward James (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-12-25

Birth Date: 1921-August-17

Born: Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

Fulwar & Elizabeth Abigail Craven

Home: Mount Isa, Queensland (parents)

Enlistment: Brisbane, Queensland

Enlistment Date: 1941-05-25

Service

RAF

Unit

45 (Ferry) Group (RAF)

Base

RAF Bermuda

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

405721

Home

Mount Isa, Queensland (parents)

Memorial Location

Ottawa War Memorial
Panel 2 Column 1

RAF Ferry Command Catalina Ib aircraft FP 266 was lost on a trans-Atlantic delivery flight from Bermuda to the United Kingdom, cause unknown.

Killed includes Craven:Civilian Pilot Capt. Benson Hutches Pierce (Amer.), KIFA RAF Ferry Command, Ottawa War Memorial, Panel 2 Column 1.Civilian R/O James Hamilton Auld, Canadian, RAF Ferry Command KIFA Ottawa War Memorial, Panel 2 Column 1.Flight Sergeant Douglas Oliver Bevan RCAF KIFA Ottawa War Memorial Panel 1 Column 5.Sergeant Roy Harding RAF Ottawa War Memorial, Panel 1 Column 4.Sergeant Reginal Edwin Thompson RAFOttawa War Memorial Panel 1 Column 4.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Findagrave.com

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Canso FP266

Civilian Auld, James Hamilton (RAF)
Radio Officer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Flight Sergeant Bevan, Douglas Oliver (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sergeant Craven, George Edward James (RAF)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Sergeant Harding, Roy (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Civilian Pierce, Benson Hutches (RAF)
Pilot (Captain)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Male Head

Sergeant Thompson, Reginald Edwin (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-25
Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Canso FP266

Ferry Flight 1942-December-25 to 1942-December-25

() Ferry Command (RAF) Bermuda

RAF Ferry Command Catalina Ib aircraft FP 266 was lost on a trans-Atlantic delivery flight from Bermuda to the United Kingdom, cause unknown

FS DO Bevan (RCAF), Sergeant G Craven (RAAF), Sergeant R Harding (RAF), Sergeant R Thompson (RAF), US Civilian Pilot Capt. BH Pierce, and Canadian Civilian Radio Operator JH Auld were all missing, believed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 316,359

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