Crouse, Henry Arthur (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-May-24

Flight Sergeant Henry Arthur Crouse RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-December-12

Born: Paris Ontario

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Spouse:

Home: Etobicoke, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Linton-on-Ouse

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/97071

Home
Google MapEtobicoke, Ontario
Target
Google MapDortmund, Germany
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Grave 9

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 22:30 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code MP-M Bomber Command) on an operation to Dortmund, Germany.

Hit by Flak which seriously damaged the elevator controls. Subsequently shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Broeklanderdijk, Broekland, near Raalte, Overijssel, Holland.

Killed includes Crouse: Flying Officer John Wallace Coleman RAF KIA Raalte General Cemetery, Grave 10.

POWs: Sergeant Clifford Harold Cousins RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Joseph Francis Hughes RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant John Parr RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Pilot Officer Arthur William Leon Pruce RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Arthur George Dale RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)