Crisp, James R (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1945-March-15

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RCAF

Unit

405 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron
Ducimus We Lead

Base

RAF Gransden Lodge

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/217630

Took off from Gransden Lodge at 17:59 to mark the Deurag oil refinery at Misburg Germany, on the outskirts of Hanover.

Suffered engine failure over the target and was also hit by flak. The crew abandoned and it crashed 1km East of Bad Grund, Germany.

POWs murdered by the Nazis: Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh RCAF R/266317 murdered Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. G. 12. Sergeant Robert Morris RAF murdered Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. G. 10. Flying Officer Donald George Smith RCAF J/35778 murdered Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. G. 11.

Killed: F/Lt Leslie Norman Laing RCAF J/26053 pilot KIA Hanover War Cemetery grave 2. G. 13.

POW: Flying Officer Ian Wesley Bonter RCAF J/35906 POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang.

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