Crater, Douglass Montague (2nd-Lieutenant)

Survived 1918-August-21

Male Head

Birth Date: 1896-November-29

Born: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Parents: Frank Ellsworth Crater & Leila Virginia Montague

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1917

Service

RAF

Unit

224 (CS) Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)

Base

Felixstowe Seaplane Station

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Position

air gunner, later pilot

Service Numbers

153920, RAF

Crater was American born ( Easton, Penna.) and enlisted in the RNAS in Toronto in 1917. 1918-06-27: 2nd-Lieutenant, RAF 1918-08-21: age 21, gunner in F2A N-4546, crashed in sea off Felixstowe, Crater unhurt, and continued flying with RAF. 1918-09-12: RAeC cert #6503 1922-03-22: Crater died in a car accident