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Sergeant

Roland Crawley

Service number 1006701
Military unit 408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Date of birth 03 Apr 1921
Date of death 28 Nov 1941 (20 years old)
Place of birth Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
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Military history

Hampden AE437 408 Sqn. Take off from 16.40 RAF Syerston to bomb Dusseldorf.

22.29 requested bearings on return from Heston D/F station but crew misinterpreted
directions and were last plotted 270 miles off Brest and 300 off Lands End, 180 degrees off course.

F/O James Caldwell
Sgt Hudson Marshall
Sgt Edwin Harry
Sgt Roland Cawley - All crew missing.

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