Anthony Crockford                                 Updated: 07 JAN 2022

Airman: a118002.htm Surname: Crockford Init: A Rank: F/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 7

P_link: p219.htm Plane: LAN JA713 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Kattegat off Tunø

Crash_d: d040943 Buried_d: b270943 C_link: c118.htm At_Next: Århus

Den 4. september 1943 kl. 02.30 styrtede LAN JA713 i Kattegat syd for Tunø (omkring her)
på hjemvejen fra et bombetogt til Berlin. Hele besætningen omkom.
Se p219MACR. På luftfoto Samsø-Norsminde ses Tunø under Samsø.

"Piloten, F/O Anthony Crockford, drev i land ved Sletterhage (som er her) den 24. september og førtes
til Arhus, hvor han tre dage senere blev begravet ved siden af Robinson." (FT 90-63-15)

Flying Officer (Pilot) Anthony Crockford, 22 år, var søn af Major Frederick Russell Crockford og Alice Crockford, Upper Holloway, London. R.S. Arts. United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Se Den lange version fra Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift. LAN EE138 blev skudt ned ved Stadil under samme operation. Se Stadil - Flyverminde.
2 flyvere fra LAN JA713 blev begravet i Århus og 1 flyver i Esbjerg. 4 har ingen kendt grav. Lancaster fotos.

On 4 September 1943 at 02.30 hours LAN JA713 crashed into the Kattegat south of Tunø (about here) on the return flight from a bombing raid on Berlin. All of the crew perished.

"Pilot F/O Anthony Crockford drifted ashore at Sletterhage (which is here) on 24 September.
He was taken to Aarhus and 3 days later he was buried next to Robinson." (FT 90-63-15)

Flying Officer (Pilot) Anthony Crockford, 22, was the son of Maj. Frederick Russell Crockford and
Alice Crockford, of Upper Holloway, London. R.S. Arts. United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends  (See also A.V.Plante)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, P150.  

See The long version from (Danish) Aviation Historical Review.
LAN EE138 was shot down at Stadil on the same operation. See Stadil - Memorial.
2 airmen from LAN JA713 were buried in Århus and 1 airman in Esbjerg. 4 have no known grave.

See Lancaster * Lancaster photos * No. 7 Squadron RAF * 7 Squadron Association * p219MACR.
In aerial photo Samsø-Norsminde Tunø is seen below Samsø. IBCC has details about the operation at each airman.              
Lancaster III JA713 MG-V took off from RAF Oakington at 20:12 on 03 SEP 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this with details+Archive Report) 7 airmen.