Crabtree, Harry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harry |
Surname | Crabtree |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Willie and Ruth Crabtree, of Oxenhope, Yorkshire. Husband of Mary Crabtree, of Oxenhope. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JP200 |
Markings | VR-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 227. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 149 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1510828 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-02-1944 |
End Date | 26-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Mining over Kiel Bay (as a diversion for the main raid on Augsburg) |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |