Craig, James Wilson (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-16

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Parents: Son of James Craig and of Muriel (nee Wilson) Craig of Ayr, Scotland

Spouse: Husband of Nancy Inglis (nee Hill) Craig of Ayr

Home: Ayr, Scotland

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF East Moor

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Intructor Pilot

Service Numbers

118685

Home
Google MapAyr, Scotland
Final Burial
Google MapAyr Cemetery
Wall Section 1906 Division Grave 130

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax BB203

Pilot Officer James Wilson Craig RAFVR

Pilot Officer Craig, James Wilson (RAFVR)
Intructor Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Ayrshire County, UK

Sergeant Alexander Dunn RAFVR

Sergeant Dunn, Alexander (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Edward Place RAFVR

Sergeant Place, Edward (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
Stranton Cemetery, West Hartlepool, County Durham, UK

Warrant Officer 1st Class Harry Ward Williamson RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Williamson, Harry Ward (RCAF)
Pilot (in training)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
All Saint's Churchyard, Newton-Upon-Ouse, Yorkshire, UK

Pilot Officer John Forster Withy RAFVR

Pilot Officer Withy, John Forster (RAFVR)
Pilot (in training)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
All Saint's Churchyard, Newton-Upon-Ouse, Yorkshire, UK

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.II BB203

Conversion 1942-July-16 to 1942-July-16

158 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF East Moor

158 (Conversion Flight) Squadron (Strength In Unity) RAF Eastmoor. Halifax aircraft BB 203 NP-Z crashed at Manor Farm, Cornborough, Yorkshire during a conversion training flight. The aircraft was observed to be flying at an unusually low altitude and while attempting to land at RAF Eastmoor, stalled in a turn, struck a chimney on a house at Cornborough Farm and crashed with the loss of all air crew aboard

Warrant Officer 1st Class Harry Ward Williamson (RCAF), Pilot Officer James Wilson Craig (RAFVR), Pilot Officer John Forster Withy (RAFVR), Sergeant Edward Place (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alexander Dunn (RAFVR) were all killed in the flying training accident

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire