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Sergeant

John Stewart Crane

Service number 945868
Military unit 40 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address 3, Mellors Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham.
Date of birth 02 Feb 1917
Date of death 08 Apr 1941 (24 years old)
Place of birth West Bridgford, Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies

He was a plumber in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of John and Edith Crane and the brother of Charles, Maurice, Edith Eilen and Alan S Crane. In 1939, John lived with his parents at 3, Mellors Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham.

Military history

Wellington IC R1007 took off 1955 7 April 1940 from Alconbury. Cause of loss not established.

Sergeant T Gamble, Sergeant L E E Bundock, Sergeant J Sharkey, Sergeant N Benfield, Sergeant F Sherratt, Sergeant J S Crane: killed; aircraft shot down and crashed at Gemeinde, Oppendorf, Germany.

Extra information

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Photographs

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