Creighton, Allan David (Pilot Officer)

Took off from Fiskerton at 23:17 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code EA-T Bomber Command) on an operation to Wesseling Germany.

Out-bound shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Julich-Mersche, Germany.

Killed includes Creighton: Pilot Officer Leslie Bernard Benson RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 14. B. 11-12. Pilot Officer David Hounsell Carr RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 14. B. 10. W/C Malcolm Crocker RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 14. B. 13. Flying Officer Kenneth Dutton RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 14. B. 14. F/Lt Albert Edward Anderson Matthews RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 14. B. 8. Flying Officer James Robert Worthington RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 14. B. 7.

Addendum: - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.49 Squadron (deceased) - Award effective 21 June 1944 as per London Gazette dated 25 January 1946 and AFRO 244/46 dated 8 March 1946. Award presented by Governor General to next-of-kin, 10 December 1947. NOTE: Citation calls him a pilot, but casualty list and training school list make clear he is an air gunner. The citation reads - "Pilot Officer Creighton, as pilot, has completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude and devotion to duty." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.