Crawford, Harry James (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-October-21

Sergeant Harry James Crawford RAFVR

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Harry & Jean M. Crawford, of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Mary Crawford, of Canora, Saskatchewan.

Spouse: Mary Crawford, of Canora, Saskatchewan.

Home: Canora, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

161 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Liberate

Base

RAF Tempsford

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

973264

Home
Google MapCanora, Saskatchewan
Target
Google MapSOE France
Final Burial
Google MapValanciennes Cemetery
Plot 4 Row A Grave 4

Took off from Tempsford at 00:15 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code MA-Y Bomber Command) on SOE operations to drop supplies and agents - PLAYBILL / MOUFLON 3 & CARACAL and set course for Belgium.

Aircraft was shot down by flak and crashed at Crespin, near Valenciennes northern France.

Killed includes Crawford: Sergeant Walter Crouch RAF KIA Roch Communal Cemetery, Valenciennes, Plot 4. Row A. Grave 10. Sergeant Desmond Robert Feely RAF KIA St. Roch Communal Cemetery Plot 4. Row A. Grave 7. Flight Sergeant Trevor Washington Lewis RAF pilot KIA St. Roch Communal Cemetery Plot 4. Row A. Grave 6. Sergeant John Ramsden RAF KIA St. Roch) Communal Cemetery Plot 4. Row A. Grave 5. Sergeant Charles Edward Young RAF KIA St. Roch Communal Cemetery, Plot 4. Row A. Grave 9. Sergeant Thomas Bertram Young RAF KIA St. Roch Communal Cemetery Plot 4. Row A. Grave 8.

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