Crawford, Thomas Alvin (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-May-06

Flight Sergeant Thomas Alvin Crawford RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Home: Harris, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

13 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Bicester

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/87315

Home
Google MapHarris, Saskatchewan
Final Burial
Google MapNes General Cemetery
Plot D Row 15 Grave 17

Took off from Bicester on a routine cross-country training flight including a route over the sea.

Aircraft crashed in the North Sea near Ameland, Friesland, Holland.

Killed: Sergeant Thomas Alvin Crawford RCAF pilot R/87315 KIFA Nes General Cemetery, Ameland, Holland Plot D. Row 15. Grave 17. Sergeant Donald John McKenzie RNZAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 117. Flight Sergeant Wesley Newell Ward RAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim serial: L8755

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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