Matthew Crawford
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26894 - Lt. Matthew Crawford, 357th Fighter group
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Ruhland in P-51D 44-15161 'Joyce Diane' strafing loco's and flat bed trucks loaded with road transports, was hit by flak and barrel rolled into the ground crashing near Creuzburg. 2-Mar-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12868
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
19 August 1942 | ||
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
2 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort Ruhland in P-51D 44-15161 'Joyce Diane'. Crashed near Creuzburg. KIA. MACR 12868. | |
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Buried |
3 March 1945 | Interred Creuzburg cemetery. | |
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Born |
Son of Matthew and Agnes Crawford. | ||
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Born |
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Based |
2 March 1945 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Re-interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56654070/matthew-crawford
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12868 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
