Crampin, Alan Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Alan Joseph |
Surname | Crampin |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Gertrude M. Crampin, of Whitchurch, Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster l |
Serial Number | PD272 |
Markings | PM-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7.K.9. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE TWILIGHT AND GLOOM ARE OVER-PASSED, GOOD NIGHT, BELOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 24 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1872283 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/817/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/817/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-03-1945 |
End Date | 01-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Mannheim |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 11:49 on 1 Mar 1945 from Elsham Wolds to bomb a target in Mannheim. Aircraft crashed between Wieblingen and Plankstadt, approx. 4 km NW of Heidelberg. Seven crew killed, one prisoner of war |