Crollie, Richard George
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Richard George |
Surname | Crollie |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert George and Lillian Maud Crollie, of Ilford. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NR126 |
Markings | PT-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Barkingside Cemetery, Ilford |
Grave Reference | Grave 1427. |
Epitaph | THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 150 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1894786 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Cuddystone Hall, Hethpool, Northumbria |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Cairn with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Halifax NR 126 of 420 Sqn RCAF, lost on 17th February 1945 |
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Had probably landed away from base since the loss card states that they perished on 18th February |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-02-1945 |
End Date | 17-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Wesel. 298 aircraft, 3 losses. The target was cloud-covered and the Master Bomber cancelled further bombing after only 8 aircraft had dropped their bomb-load. |
Reason for Loss | Flew into high ground in the Cheviot Hills |