Crowley, John William (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-July-27

Flying Officer John William Crowley RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-August-13

Born:

Parents: William Joseph & Anita Mosley Crowley

Spouse:

Home: Dundas, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

156 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way

Base

RAF Warboys

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/11953

Home
Google MapDundas, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapHamburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapToenning, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Plot 4A Row H Coll Grave 1-7

Took off from Warboys at 21:57 in Lancaster Mk II on a bombing mission to Hamburg Germany.

Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed into coastal waters off Vollerwick, Germany.

Killed includes Crowley: Flying Officer Everett Victor Lee RCAF J/22569 KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Coll. grave 4A. H. 1-7. Sergeant George Law Campbell RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Coll. grave 4A. H. 1-7. Flying Officer Leonard Robert Crampton pilot KIA Hamburg Cemetery, Coll. grave 4A. H. 1-7. Sergeant James Lionel Leader RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery grave 4A. H. 9. Sergeant Alexander Suttie Scott RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 4A. H. 1-7. Flying Officer Hugh William Woodsend RAF KIA Hamburg Cemetery Coll. grave 4A. H. 1-7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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