Crowe, Herbert Roy (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-November-08

Pilot Officer Herbert Roy Crowe RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: William T & Mary F Crowe

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

149 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis Nocte Strong by night

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/15857
Prev: R/71715

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
grave 11 B 5

Took off from Mildenhall at 17:26 in Wellington Mk Ic (Sqn code OJ-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Home-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Isselburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Germany.

Killed includes Crowe: Sergeant Stanley William Dane RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 11. A. 17. Sergeant Albert Charles Arthur Davis RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 11. B. 6. Sergeant Patrick Ian Leeman RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 11. B. 7-8. Sergeant John Charles Pengelly RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint grave 11. B. 7-8.

POW: Sergeant Frederick Jenkinson RAF POW camp not listed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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