Crowdy, Charles William Cyril (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-25

Flying Officer Charles William Cyril Crowdy RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-July-19

Born:

Parents: Charles Thomas, M.D. & Hilda Jane Crowdy

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

192 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Dare to Discover

Base

RAF Foulsham

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/25101

Home

Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Target

Karlsruhe Germany

Final Burial

Schoonselhof Cemetery
grave IVa D 44

Took off from Foulsham at 22:47 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code DT-R Bomber Command) on an operation to support of the Karlsruhe operation.

The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Heirbaan, Haasdonk, Beveren, East Flanders, Belgium.

Killed includes Crowdy: Pilot Officer Thomas Harold Elliott RCAF J/90281 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 39. Sergeant Francis Etienne RCAF R/203265 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 41. Pilot Officer Frederick William Morris RCAF J/90364 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 45. Flying Officer Leslie Lloyd Mortimer RCAF J/24033 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 43. Flight Sergeant Peter Horace Gordon Vincent RCAF R/197679 KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 38. Sergeant Donald Parkin RAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 40. Flight Sergeant Maurice Charles Alfred Wilmer RAF KIA Schoonselhof Cemetery grave IVa. D. 42.

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