Crump, John Colvin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Colvin |
Surname | Crump |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 24-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry Neville Compton Crump and Kathleen Mary Crump (née Beveridge), of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5537 |
Markings | LQ-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 61. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0579 (Block 7, Column 13, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 151 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/61608 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Crump Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
John was born at Pense, Saskatchewan on 24 March 1921. His father was a Civil Servant born in Corfe, Somerset and his mother was born in Abergavenny, England. John had a sister Sheila Mary, and also four brothers: Thomas Nevill, Eric Alexander, David Ainslie and Richard Oliver. Thomas was a Sergeant in the RCAF and was at 410 Squadron in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. The schools he attended were Thomson Public 1927-1932, (unnamed) English Grammar School 1932-1935, Secondary, Campion College 1935-1939 (Senior Matric). He also spent three months, evenings, December-February 1939-40, at Balfour Tech. on Wireless Telegraphy. His sport interests were hockey, tennis, track, golf and swimming and his hobby was building model aeroplanes. John was a Stockman and worked for Robert Simpson Ltd. in the Mail Order Dept.1939. He had also worked as a labourer in Pense , during the harvest seasons of 1937, 1938 and 1939. |
He enlisted on 19 June 1940 and after training was sent to the U.K. He arrived on 6 March 1941, was at 19 OTU 10 March 1941, and 405 Squadron 24 June 1941. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7878 (P360851/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-07-1941 |
End Date | 24-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Brest to attack the Gneisenau |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |