Crichton, Cecil Ernest (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-June-17

Flying Officer Cecil Ernest Crichton RAFVR

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Alexander & Phoebe Crichton

Spouse:

Home: Alhambra, California, USA (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

51 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

Base

RAF Dishforth

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

61989

Home
Google MapAlhambra, California, USA (parents)
Target
Google MapCologne Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 32

Took off from Dishforth at 22:43 in Whitley Mk V on a raid to Cologne Germany.

Aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a night fighter. The aircraft crashed at Tenhaagdoornse Heide (heath), Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg, Belgium.

Killed: Sergeant Thomas James Baston RAF KIA Canadian War Cemetery grave I. AA. 8. Pilot Officer Cecil Ernest Crichton RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 32. Sergeant James Leonard Evans RAF KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave I. AA. 9. Flight Sergeant Douglas John Jefferis RAF KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave I. AA. 10.

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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