Crighton, Frederick Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Gordon |
Surname | Crighton |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Andrew and Jemima Gordon Crighton, of Dundee. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | N3728 |
Markings | LS-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | Coll grave 4. G. 7-8. |
Epitaph | LOVING MEMORIES OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER. MUM, DAD, ELLA AND MOIRA |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 150 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1113251 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1942 |
End Date | 03-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 195 aircraft. Little damage to town. 14 aircraft lost |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flow by by Oblt Reinhold Knacke of I/NJG1 and crashed between Melick and Herkenbosch ESE of Roermond at 03:10. |