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Pilot Officer
Raymond Marinus Krefting - RCAF |
| Pilot Officer Raymond
Krefting was piloting Wellington Mk. III XX360 coded VR-CR
during an operation to Essen on
August 5/6, 1942. The aircraft departed Mildenhall at 2315hrs and
crashed at Bedberg with the loss of all crew members. The
crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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P/O Raymond Krefting |
RCAF |
Pilot |
British Columbia |
- |
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F/Sgt W Macauley |
RCAF |
2nd Pilot |
- |
- |
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Sgt Harold Brown |
RCAF |
Observer |
Chatham, Ontario |
21 |
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Sgt Ronald Churchill |
RAFVR |
W/Operator |
Finsbury Park, Middlesex |
22 |
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Sgt Thomas Lawton |
RAFVR |
2nd W/Operator |
Gorton, Manchester |
- |
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Sgt Albert Johnson |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Gorton, Manchester |
21 |
Pilot Officer Raymond
Marinus Krefting, was the son of Olaf Svenne and Annie Aslug
Krefting of Haney, British Columbia |
Photo courtesy of
Steve Heard & Danny Keay, research by Linda Ibrom.
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