Crossthwaite, Daniel (Flight Sergeant)

Took off from Wyton at 17:55 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code OL-S Bomber Command) on a special operation supporting Oboe equipped Mosquitoes.

The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed between Demen and Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant, Holland.

Killed includes Crossthwaite: WO Basil Eldon Hargrove RCAF R/73175 KIA Uden War Cemetery, Holland, Coll. grave 2. I. 2-7. Pilot Officer Leonard Thomas Jackson RCAF J/15950 pilot KIA Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. I. 2-7. Flight Sergeant Leslie Robert Brettle RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. I. 2-7. F/Lt James McMillan RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. I. 2-7. Flight Sergeant David Smith RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. I. 2-7. Flight Sergeant Kenneth Chadwick Taylor RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. I. 2-7.