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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1801 CraigJ FFlight LieutenantDFC

RNZAFBomber Command550Sqn
1944-03-15LancasterILL852BQ-XNorth Killingholme1911StuttgartCrashed Appenwihr {Hant-Rhin}KilledCholoy War Cemetery France
1802 CraigR GSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-09-20WellingtonIcT2805AA-FeltwellBerlinForce landed Horning NorfolkInjured Died 22.09.41
1803 CraigRobert Samuel CarsonSergeant947814Age 26BritishAir GunnerRAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-07-24WellingtonIcN2854AA-URAF Feltwell, Norfolk1050BrestSee Archive reportMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 41Son of Samuel Alexander Craig and Sarah Thomson Craig, of Netherlee, Glasgow, Scotland.
1804 CraigAlan JamesSergeantNZ/415062Age 20New ZealandPilotRNZAFTraining command7 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit. 21 Group1942-09-08Miles MasterIIDL841-RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire330TrainingSee archive for further brief detailsKilledPeterborough (Eastfield) Cemetery. Div. 4. Block 4. Grave 1616.

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 07th November 1921 at Auckland. Worked as a farmer on his fathers farm at Mangaohutu prior to service. Enlisted on the 07th September 1941 at Levin. Trained at No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School joining on the 18th October 1941. With No. 3 Service Flying Training School joining on the 20th December 1941 but injured in a flying accident on the 30th December 1941. Further training with No. 2 Service Flying Training School joining on the 07th March 1942. Pilots badge awarded on the 04th April 1942 and promoted to sergeant on the 16th June 1942. Embarked for England on the 22nd June 1942. At Personnel Centre on the 30th June 1942. Joined No. 7 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit on the 24th August 1942.

Son of Thomas (died 30th June 1961) and Janet Clement Craig (nee Gemmell - died 20th January 1954, age 68), of Taumarunui. New Zealand.

1805 CraigLincoln Leslie ArnoldFlight SergeantNZ/411376Age 24New ZealanderPilotRNZAFMiddle East104Sqn
1942-11-07WellingtonIIZ8590ER-DKabrit, Egypt (on detachment Luqa, Malta)2040Decimomannu, Sardinia, ItalySee Archive report for detailsKilledMalta Naval Cemetery (Capuccini) , Malta Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 13 Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 22nd January 1918 at Waiuku. Worked as a clerk for Land and Income Tax Department in Wellington. Enlisted at Levin on the 02nd March 1941. Trained initially at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School joining 11th April 1941. Further training at No. 2 Flying Training School on 25th May 1941 Pilots badge awarded on the 05th July 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 16th August 21941. Embarked for England on the 31st August 1941.

Further training with various units joining 21 Operational Training Unit on the 20th January 1942. Flew a Wellington whilst serving with 1 Overseas Delivery Unit on the 29th May 1942 to Malta via Gibraltar. Son of William (died 06th November 1959, age 86) and Edith Maria Craig (née Logan - died 20th March 1964 age 82) and husband of Vera Mary Craig (née Shackleton), of Hunterville, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 478 flying hours logged and on his 28th operational sortie.

1806 CraillD GSergeantRNZAFBomber Command57Sqn
1942-08-28WellingtonIIIBJ701DX-Feltwell2100Nurnberg?KilledDurnbach War Cemetery
1807 CraillDavid GeorgeSergeant411064Age 24RNZAF57Sqn RAF
1942-08-29KilledGermany, Durnbach War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 11. F. 4-12.Son Of Robert And Alice Craill, Of Talaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand.
1808 CramptonH TFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command514Sqn
1944-08-10LancasterIILL697A2-B2Waterbeach1413LensAircraft returned damagedKilledLoos British Cem
1809 CramptonHarold ThomasFlying Officer416861Age 26RNZAF514Sqn (RAF)1944-08-11KilledFrance, Loos British Cemetery, Plot 18. Row G. Grave 32.Son Of Robert Marlborough Crampton And Of Eliza Crampton (Nee Waters), Of Cheviot, Canterbury, New Zealand; Husband Of Betty Hope Crampton, Of Te Awamutu, Auckland, New Zealand.
1810 CranFranklyn BertramSergeant405237Age 21RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-03-29KilledGermany, Kiel War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 2. A. 4-6.Son Of Thomas Francis Bertram Cran And Of Mary Rosetta Cran (Nee Clough), Of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
1811 CranF BSergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-03-28WellingtonIIIX3462AA-NFeltwellLubeck?KilledKiel War Cemetery
1812 CrarerT ESergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-28WellingtonIIIX3452AA-FeltwellHamburg?KilledHamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery
1813 CrarerThomas EricSergeant405475Age 21RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-29KilledGermany, Hamburg Cemetery, Coll. Grave 4A. H. 1-7.Son Of Thomas Stewart Crarer And Barbara Elizabeth Crarer, Of Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
1814 CravenSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-05-06WellingtonIcR3169AA-FeltwellHamburgCrashed River Humber Injured
1815 CravenJ DFlying OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1945-02-25LancasterIII LW740AA-BMepal948KamenAbandoned after being damaged by heavy flak near WeselPoW
1816 CrawHector LawrenceSergeantNZ/404902Age 25New ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command61 Operational Training Unit. 81 Group1941-09-10SpitfireIaX4552-RAF Heston, Middlesex955TrainingSee archive report for further detailsKilledHounslow Cemetery. Grave Plot D. Row C. Grave 3

Courtesy AWMM

Born at Tokomaru on the 08th September 1916. Worked as a watersider at the Port of Bluff prior to service. Enlisting at Levin on the 01st December 1940. Trained at No. 6 Flying Trains School at Dunnville, Ontario, Canada. Gained his rank and wings on the 03rd July 1941. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Craw (née Scarlett), of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. 165 flying hours logged.
1817 CrawHector LawrenceSergeant404902Age 25RNZAF1941-09-10KilledUnited Kingdom, Hounslow Cemetery, Plot D. Row C. Grave 3.Son Of Robert And Elizabeth Craw, Of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
1818 CrawfordHector HughFlying Officer39904Age 25RNZAF272Sqn (RAF)1942-02-06KilledLibya, Benghazi War Cemetery, 6. G. 1.Son Of William And Mabel Crawford, Of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.
1819 CrawfordHenry Varley GibbSergeant404339Age 28RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-07KilledNetherlands (Holland), Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, Plot A. Row 1. Coll. Grave 27-28.Son Of Matthew Henry And Annie Crawford Crawford, Of Mount Albert, Auckland City, New Zealand.
1820 CrawfordBernard VerdunFlying Officer414256Age RNZAF15Sqn RAF
1943-02-19KilledNetherlands (Holland), Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery, Plot D. Row 13. Grave 15.
1821 CrawfordHugh IrvineFlight Lieutenant411065Age 25RNZAF148 (RAF)Sqn1943-11-04KilledSerbia, Belgrade War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 3. D. 1-7.
1822 CrawfordJohnWarrant Officer416818Age 23RNZAF189Sqn (RAF)1945-03-04KilledGermany, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 12. A. 2.Son Of J. F. And Elizabeth Crawford, Of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.
1823 CrawfordBernard VerdunFlying OfficerNZ414256PilotRNZAFBomber Command15Sqn
1943-02-19StirlingIBF378LS-TRAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire17.55WilhelmshavenShot down by night fighter and crashed in the Wadden SeaKilledAmeland (Nes) General Cemetery - Plot D. Row 13. Grave 15Read Archive Report
1824 CrawfordJWarrant OfficerRNZAFBomber Command189Sqn
1945-03-03LancasterIPA197CA-BFulbeck1834LadbergenCrashed at BevergernKilledReichswald Forest War Cemetery
1825 CrawfordHenry Varley GibbSergeantNZ/404339Age 28New ZealandObserverRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-06WellingtonIIIX3867AA-?RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk105DuisburgSee Archive report for further details.KilledTilburg General Cemetery (Gilzerbaan). Plot A. Row 1. Coll. grave 27-28. Courtesy AWMMBorn on the 29th January 1914 at Pahiatua, North Island. Worked as a warehouseman for Kempthorne Prosser and Company at Auckland prior to service (drug and fertiliser manufacturer). Enlisted at Levin on the 24th November 1940. Trained at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School but pilot training and remastered as observer on the 17th February 1941. Embarked for Canada on the 27th March 1941. Air observer badge and promoted to sergeant on the 18th August 1941.

Embarked for England on the 06th October 1941. Served with various units and joined 11 Operational Training Unit on the 25th November 1941. Joined 75 squadron on the 19th June 1942. Son of Matthew Henry (died 16th February 1952, age 78) and Annie Crawford Crawford (died15th January 1962, age 80 - both buried at Otahuhu Public Cemetery, Auckland), of Mount Albert, Auckland City, New Zealand, A total of 355 flying hours logged and on his 21st operational sortie.

1826 CrawfordR BFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1945-02-03LancasterIII ND801JN-XMepal1641DortmundOvershot on return crashed into houseInjured
1827 CrawfordFrancis SiriusPilot Officer4155820th May 1920New ZealandPilot / ObserverRNZAFCoastal Command224 Sqn1940-06-15HudsonIN7279QX:URAF Leuchars, Fifeshire06:25Stavanger, NorwaySee archive report for further brief detailsMissing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 7

Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire

1828 CrawfordGeorge GordonPilot Officer41673Age 23New ZealandPilot (Inst)RAFFighter Command5 Operational Training Unit. 10 Group1943-08-10BlenheimIFL6799-RAF Aston Down, GloucestertshireTrainingSee archive report for further brief detailsKilledBrimscombe Cemetery. Sec. 4. Grave 49

Courtesy AWMM

Born on the 22nd July 1917 at Christchurch although on his enlistment gave his birth year as 1918. A storekeeper at his fathers store prior to service. Enlisted on the 20th October 1937 at Christchurch. Discharged from the RNZAF as selected for a RAF short service commission on the 05th November 1938/ Awarded his pilots badge on the 04th September 1939. Joined 29 squadron on the 03rd October 1039. Then joining 23 squadron on the 10th November 1939. Joined 5 OTU as an instructor pilot on the 11th June 1940. Son of George and Annie Crawford (nee Stone), of Riccanton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Grave inscription: ' Loved Son Of Annie And The Late George Crawford. Christchurch, N.Z. And Carluke, Scotland'. A total of 369 flying hours logged. 7 operational sorties carried out whilst with 23 squadron.
1829 Crawford-WatsonL SFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-11-04StirlingIIIBK778JN-UMepal1600GardeningCrashed at Berstedgaard DenmarkKilledFrederikshaven Cemetery Denmark
1830 Crawford-WatsonLewis StanleyFlight Sergeant42734Age 21RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1943-11-04KilledDenmark, Frederikshavn Cemetery, Allied Plot. Grave 50.Son Of Lewis And Elsie Ruth Crawford-Watson, Of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
1831 CrawshawR AFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command115Sqn
1942-08-15LancasterIIDS684KO-MLittle Snoring2025TorinoCrashed near Alencon FranceKilledle Mans West Cemetery
1832 CrawshawRobert AshworthFlight Sergeant417270Age 29RNZAF1943-08-16KilledFrance, Le Mans West Cemetery, Plot 38. 1939-45 Row A. Grave 8.Son Of Ashworth Holmes Crawshaw And Viola Augustina Crawshaw, Of Dunedin, Otago, New Zaland.
1833 CrayGeoffrey HaughtonPilot Officer4213648Age 21MiDRNZAF1944-04-17KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 5.

Son Of Fred And Eileen Mildred Cray, Of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
1834 CrayTrevor HaughtonSergeant41106623rd October 1920New ZealandWireless Operator/Air GunnerRNZAFBomber Command16OTU
1942-07-28WellingtonICR1450DD:Y1Upper Heyford22:14HamburgSee Archive report for detailsKiAKiel War Cemetery 2.H.19
1835 CreaseCharles HenryFlight Sergeant392088Age 34RNZAF1944-12-31KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, 8. 11.

Son Of James And Annie Osborne Crease; Husband Of Mary Crease, Of Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.
1836 CreedFrancis HowardSergeant41471Age 20RNZAF1941-11-20KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 2. B. 8.
Son Of Albert George Creed And Of Ivy Beatrice Creed (Nee Knight), Of Waiau, North Canterbury, New Zealand.
1837 CreekRonald ArthurFlight Sergeant1254796Age RAFVR488Sqn (RNZAF)1943-10-16KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 135.
1838 CreesPeter WilliamLeading AircraftsmanNZ/43831Age 21New ZealandFlight MechanicRNZAFSouth Pacific3Sqn (RNZAF)
1944-08-08VenturaPV-INZ4570-Pallikulo Airfield, New HebridesPMTransit FlightSee archive report for further detailsKilledBourail Memorial. Panel 8 (Buried at crash site)Bourail Memorial

Born on the 14th June 1923 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, moving to New Zealand in 1928. Educated at Seddon Technical College in Auckland. A apprentice motor mechanic for T.S Sampson. Served 3 years in the territorial army. Enlisted at Levin on the 09th January 1943 as aircraft hand. Remusterd as a flight mechanic on the 05th July 1943. To the Pacific at base depot workshops on the 24th February 1944.

Son of William Hugh and Winifred Crees (née Dyke), of Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.

1839 CreesPeter WilliamLeading Aircraftman43831Age 21RNZAF1944-08-08KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 8.

Son Of William And Winifred Crees, Of Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.
1840 CreswellPhilip HenryFlight Lieutenant40618Age 25RNZAF9Sqn (RAF)1942-01-19KilledUnited Kingdom, Honington (All Saints) Churchyard, Suffolk, Row D. Grave 6.Son Of Charles Edward And Ina Lillian Creswell, Of Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
1841 CreswellP HFlight LieutenantRNZAFBomber Command9Sqn
1942-01-19WellingtonIIIX3370WS-DTrainingCrashed near Thetford NORFOLKKilled
1842 CridgeA V GSergeantRNZAFBomber Command214Sqn
1943-03-03StirlingIEF329BU-CChedburgh1819HamburgCrashed at LeesteKilledRunnymede
1843 CridgeAlfred Victor GordonSergeant412867Age 22RNZAF214 (FMS)Sqn1943-03-03KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 199.
1844 CrightonAllanSquadron LeaderNZ/1124Age 32New ZealandPilotRNZAFFar East Command15Sqn (RNZAF)1943-03-25KittyhawkP40E41-25100/12Nadi, Fiji09:45TrainingCollided with Daunless 06589 - See archive report for brief detailsMissing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 3Son of Hendry Hugh (died 04th November 1945, age 59) and Dorah Agnes Birch Crighton (married on the 22nd November 1911 - née Ferrier died 25th August 1983, age 93) husband of Christina Margaret Crighton (née Milne, later Whinrsy), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
1845 CrightonAllanSquadron Leader1124Age 32RNZAF1943-03-25KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 3.

1846 CrispBasil GeorgeSergeant1215484Age RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-16KilledFrance, Olonne-Sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Row 5. Grave 7.
1847 CrispJoseph RobertWarrant Officer413384Age 28RNZAF1944-10-09KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 5.

Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Jack Crisp; Husband Of Mavis Lorna Crisp, Of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. Known To Be Buried Near Avu Avu Mission Church, Near Guadalcanal, And Whose Grave Is Now Lost.
1848 CrispR GSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-08-15StirlingIIIEE891AA-QMepal2049Gardening?KilledOlonne sur Mer Communal
1849 CrispJoseph RobertWarrant OfficerNZ/413384Age 28New ZealanderNavigatorRNZAFPacific Theatre1Sqn (RNZAF)
1944-10-10VenturaPV-INZ4575-Henderson Field, Guadalcanal06:00Transit FlightSee archive report for additional detailsMissing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 5

Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand

Bourail Memorial

Born on the 13th March 1916 in Oamaru. Educated at Lincoln School, Christchurch Technical, Riverton High and West Christchurch High School. Enlisted at Levin on the 14th June 1941. Air Observers badge on 23rd May 1942 and promoted to flight sergeant. Joined 1 squadron on the 19th April 1944.

Son of John Daniel (died 13th May 1945)and Barbara Ellen Crisp (née Morrison - died 16th April 1920, age 31) of Blenheim. His father married again in 1924 to Lily Crisp (née Davies - died 29th May 1957, age 65). Husband of Mavis Lorna Crisp (née Wheeler - died 30th January 2007, age 88), father of one daughter, of 2 Kaimata Street, Brooklands, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. A total of 904 flying hours logged. On his second South Pacific tour.

1850 CroallCSergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-28WellingtonIIIX3452AA-FeltwellHamburg?PoW

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