George W. Craft Updated: 24 MAR 2021
Airman: e777467.htm Surname: Craft Init: G W Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 7
P_link: p068.htm Plane: STI N3727 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d270442 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Kl. 21.33 den 26. april 1942 lettede
STI N3727 fra RAF Oakington for at lægge miner og bombe
Helgoland
med 4 miner og 7 flyvere.
At 21.33 hrs. on 26 April 1942
STI N3727 took off from
RAF Oakington on a
mining and bombing raid on
Heligoland
with 4 mines Sergeant George William Craft, 25, was the
son of Amy Craft and stepson of John Daniel, of Church Fenton, Yorkshire, United
Kingdom. G. W. Wilkinson was washed ashore on Rømø (maybe
here) on 6
October 1942. Next day a German Army Chaplain officiated at the graveside 1 airman from STI N3727 was buried on Rømø. 6 airmen have no known grave. See
No. 7 Squadron RAF
* 7 Squadron Association. |