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Sergeant Donald Crowe was serving as
an Air Gunner on board Lancaster Mk.I HK650 coded AP-T during an operation to
Krefeld on the
February 8/9 1945. The aircraft left Stradishall at 0345hrs to
attack the railway yards at Hohenbudberg. The Lancaster
exploded after being hit by flak and the resulting debris was
scattered over a wide area of Schwafheim, a built up area. The
entire crew was lost.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/Sgt Eric Morris |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Twickenham |
21 |
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Sgt Albert Pitt |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Christchurch, Hampshire |
22 |
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Sgt Edward Chetwynd-Stapylton |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Odiham, Hampshire |
20 |
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F/Sgt Raymond Wellington |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Wallington, Surrey |
21 |
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Sgt William Stephens |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Elswick, Northumberland |
19 |
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Sgt James Finlayson |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Penicuik, Midlothian. |
19 |
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Sgt Donald Crowe |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Ashington, Northumberland |
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Donald
Crowe's grave at Reichswald |
Sergeant
Donald McBean Crowe RAFVR was the son of Donald McBean and
Barbara Crowe of Ashington, Northumberland. He had two
brothers, William and Henry and two sisters, Vera and Barbara.
He came from a family of coal miners and worked in a grocery
store before volunteering for the RAF.
He and his
crew are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
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