Crate, Stanley Ralph
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley Ralph |
Surname | Crate |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Annie Crate, of Fordington, Dorchester, Dorsetshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL848 |
Markings | JO-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 7. E. 21-24. |
Epitaph | TILL WE MEET AGAIN YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. ADIOS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 24 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1608732 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 463 (Australian) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock, Internal Inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Clock & inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1921/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1921/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-04-1944 |
End Date | 25-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Munchen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down at 02:09 on 25 Apr 1944 at a height of 17,000 ft by a night-fighter, piloted by Oblt. Lembeke of the Führer-Kurier-Staffel. The Lancaster was seen to circle the village of Sulzemoos, in the NW of München, then crash in flames in a field 2 km SE of Sulzemoos |