Cranefield, Robert Arthur Godwin (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-September-12

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Birth Date: 1924

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Service

RAFVR

Unit

630 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nocturna Mors Death by night

Base

RAF East Kirkby

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

201196

Target
Google MapDarmstadt Germany

Took off from East Kirkby at 20:44 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code LE-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Darmstadt Germany.

Crashed at Schmidthachenbach 12 km ENE of Idar-Oberstein.

Killed: Pilot Officer Donald Mcmillan Boyd RCAF J/91105 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10. Sergeant Leslie Alfred Broomfield RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10. Pilot Officer Robert Arthur Godwin Cranefield RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10. Flying Officer Charles Robson Faulkner RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10. Sergeant George Law Lawrie RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10. Sergeant Ronald Charles Quinn RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10. Sergeant Thomas Richard Riley RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. D. 6-10.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PD283

Pilot Officer Donald McMillan Boyd RCAF

Pilot Officer Boyd, Donald McMillan (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Sergeant Leslie Alfred Broomfield RAFVR

Sergeant Broomfield, Leslie Alfred (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Robert Arthur Godwin Cranefield RAFVR

Pilot Officer Cranefield, Robert Arthur Godwin (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Charles Robson Faulkner RAFVR

Flying Officer Faulkner, Charles Robson (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
cemetery unknown

Sergeant George Law Lawrie RAFVR

Sergeant Lawrie, George Law (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Quinn,Ronald Charles Quinn RAFVR

Sergeant Quinn,Ronald Charles (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Richard Riley RAFVR

Sergeant Riley, Richard (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I PD283

Bombing LE G 1944-September-11 to 1944-September-12

630 (B) Sqn (RAF) East Kirkby

630 Squadron Lancaster I PD283 LE-G

There are two claims for this aircraft:- Ofw Heinrich Schmidt 2/NJG6 - 70km West of Darmstadt: 2,500m at 00:21.

Hptm Kurt Fladrich 9/NJG4 - Hunsruck NE-N of Trier (RP - RO): 4,200m at 00:21.

Claim by Ofw Schmidt deleted from OKL/RLM NJG6. Confirmed Abschussubersicht rejected. Victory for Hptm Fladrich confirmed on 12 January 1945.

(Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten)

Crashed at Schmidthachenbach 12 km ENE of Idar-Oberstein.

The crew were intially buried in Schmidthachenbach Cemetery Communal Grave 12. Reinterred 14 May 1948.

source:John Jones London UK