Crowther, Alan Ross
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Alan Ross |
Surname | Crowther |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Capt. George Cubley Crowther, R.E., and Ellen Elizabeth Crowther, of Otham, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK711 |
Markings | OJ-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 6. D. 25-27. |
Epitaph | TILL ONCE AGAIN O'ER GREENER HILLS WE RIDE TOGETHER, YOU AND I |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 151 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1335788 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1003/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1003/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-09-1943 |
End Date | 06-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lakenheath |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen. 605 aircraft, 34 losses (5.6%). Clear conditions- PFF marking plan worked perfectly. The main force approached from the west so that they could bomb Mannheim first and then move on to Ludwigshafen. Little creepback took place and much damage was caused to both targets. The normally detailed report from Mannheim was much less so, suggesting that the raid was so severe that the normal information gathering procedures has broken down amidst the destruction. Ludwigshafen described the raid simply as 'a catastrophe'. In the latter, 1080 dwellings, 6 military buildings and 4 industrial buildings were destroyed. The death toll was relatively low for such a large raid- 127- perhaps indicating that much of the city's population had been evacuated in the wake of the firestorm incident in Hamburg. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by both flak and a night-fighter from 13000' on return leg. Crashed at Hockenheim, Germany |