Troy William Crawford
MilitaryAttached to Mountbatten's staff, June to August 1942. POW on 4 Apr 1945. Mosquito NS635 command pilot flight over Germany. A/C shot down when mistaken by B-24 gunners as enemy A/C. his own 446th BG shot him down.
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-422618
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Carthage, Mississippi | 9 May 1907 | Samuel Alford and Ollie [Jordan] Crawford. |
Other Baled out POW |
Parchim, Germany | 4 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Parchim 4-Apr-45; shot down by friendly fire. POW. MACR 13948 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 4 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
Brandon, Hillsborough County, FL | 21 August 1971 | |
Buried |
Sunset Memory Gardens, Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County, FL | 24 August 1971 | Sunset Memory Gardens Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County, Florida |
Based |
Bungay | Assigned to 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 177; The History of the 446th Bomb Group (H), pg 13