Cross, Michael John Carlton
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Michael John Carlton |
Surname | Cross |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-03-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Maj. John Kynaston Carlton Cross and Constance May Cross, of Wantage, Berkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | R5779 |
Markings | OL-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Smilde (Hoogersmilde) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 3. Row 4. Grave 18. |
Epitaph | HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE, AND THOU GAVEST IT HIM, EVEN LENGTH OF DAYS FOR EVER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 25 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 913609 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12575 (P366709/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/54 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/53 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-03-1942 |
End Date | 09-03-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (61% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner, II./NJG2) and crashed 0349 on fire at Oranje (Drenthe) on the banks of the Oranje Kanaal, 12 Km SSW of Assen Holland. |