Crouch, Robert Geoffrey
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Geoffrey |
Surname | Crouch |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Emily M. Crouch, of Rickmansworth,. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE692 |
Markings | QB- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rickmansworth Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. R. Row 3. Grave 4. |
Epitaph | HE DIED AS HE LIVED FOR THOSE HE LOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 151 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 130507 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 424 (Tiger) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Location | Village Green, Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian personnel who served at RAF Skipton on Swale during WW2, including 424 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1834/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1834/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-05-1943 |
End Date | 02-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- cross country flight |
Reason for Loss | Overshot Penrhos airfield, North Wales and crashed into trees. |