Troy William Crawford

Military

Attached 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

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • 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

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • 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

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.

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Sources

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