Cramer, Patrick Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Patrick Joseph |
Surname | Cramer |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Date of Death | 20-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward and Anastasia Cramer. Husband of Rose Mary Cramer, of North Hughenden, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | ED614 |
Markings | PM-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | A. 10. 26. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 24 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 405676 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Squadron Motto | Noli me tangere (Touch me not) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Junction of Vest Vedsted Enge & Spr�kvej, Vester Vedsted, Syddanmark Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial pillar & information board |
Memorial Text |
P� dette sted d. 21/4/1943 faldt den engelske flyver Lancaster ED614 til jorden efter at v�re blevet beskudt at en tysk natjager
Translation "On this place on 21/4/43 fell the English airmen of Lancaster ED614 of 103 Sqn RAF, shot down by a German night-fighter " |
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Miscellaneous Information
A memorial has been erected at the crash site where a ceremony is held on 4th May each year. |
His previous operations were mainly with an Australian crew with Marty Ryan as pilot. He had been stood down on the night of his death due to his leg being in plaster but because Pettigrew's crew was short of a rear gunner, he was detailed plaster and all. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1943 |
End Date | 21-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stettin |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 2141 20Apr43 from Elsham Wolds. Shot down by a night- fighter and crashed 0022 21Apr43 at Vester Vedsted, 7 km SW of Ribe, Denmark. All seven crew killed. Cramer dying a few hours later in hospital |