"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
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ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
FLIGHT SERGEANT
SQUADRON 50
Service #551030
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Flight Sergeant Crichton was the son of Agnes McLaren Crichton, of Blackridge, West Lothian.
William Crichton's death
From ancestry.co.uk, and posted 07 Mar 2013 by FitzpatrickMcAuliffe
(From a German website translated into English)
It was in the night of 12 on the 13th July 1941 about 1.00 o'clock, when a British bomber crashed on Wettrup. It was an aircraft of type HP Hampden 52nd; it combined the characteristics of a heavy bomber with the agility of a light bomber. It was Twin, had a crew of four men was armed with six machine guns and could carry 1400 kg bombs. They belonged to the 50th Squadron: The pilot of the Hampden was Sergeant Donald Onions (23), the second pilot Sergeant James Austin (24), the radio operator was Flight Sergeant William Crichton (21) and Sagittarius Sergeant Peter Mitchell. All were killed. Sergeant Austin jumped with a parachute and, unharmed, fled west, but he was shot near the Dutch border by a German guard and died a later in the POW hospital in Lingen. They found their last resting after the war on the British Empire Woodland Cemetery near Kleve.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
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ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
FLIGHT SERGEANT
SQUADRON 50
Service #551030
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Flight Sergeant Crichton was the son of Agnes McLaren Crichton, of Blackridge, West Lothian.
William Crichton's death
From ancestry.co.uk, and posted 07 Mar 2013 by FitzpatrickMcAuliffe
(From a German website translated into English)
It was in the night of 12 on the 13th July 1941 about 1.00 o'clock, when a British bomber crashed on Wettrup. It was an aircraft of type HP Hampden 52nd; it combined the characteristics of a heavy bomber with the agility of a light bomber. It was Twin, had a crew of four men was armed with six machine guns and could carry 1400 kg bombs. They belonged to the 50th Squadron: The pilot of the Hampden was Sergeant Donald Onions (23), the second pilot Sergeant James Austin (24), the radio operator was Flight Sergeant William Crichton (21) and Sagittarius Sergeant Peter Mitchell. All were killed. Sergeant Austin jumped with a parachute and, unharmed, fled west, but he was shot near the Dutch border by a German guard and died a later in the POW hospital in Lingen. They found their last resting after the war on the British Empire Woodland Cemetery near Kleve.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
FLIGHT SERGEANT
SQUADRON 50
Service #551030
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Flight Sergeant Crichton was the son of Agnes McLaren Crichton, of Blackridge, West Lothian.
William Crichton's death
From ancestry.co.uk, and posted 07 Mar 2013 by FitzpatrickMcAuliffe
(From a German website translated into English)
It was in the night of 12 on the 13th July 1941 about 1.00 o'clock, when a British bomber crashed on Wettrup. It was an aircraft of type HP Hampden 52nd; it combined the characteristics of a heavy bomber with the agility of a light bomber. It was Twin, had a crew of four men was armed with six machine guns and could carry 1400 kg bombs. They belonged to the 50th Squadron: The pilot of the Hampden was Sergeant Donald Onions (23), the second pilot Sergeant James Austin (24), the radio operator was Flight Sergeant William Crichton (21) and Sagittarius Sergeant Peter Mitchell. All were killed. Sergeant Austin jumped with a parachute and, unharmed, fled west, but he was shot near the Dutch border by a German guard and died a later in the POW hospital in Lingen. They found their last resting after the war on the British Empire Woodland Cemetery near Kleve.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
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ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
FLIGHT SERGEANT
SQUADRON 50
Service #551030
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Flight Sergeant Crichton was the son of Agnes McLaren Crichton, of Blackridge, West Lothian.
William Crichton's death
From ancestry.co.uk, and posted 07 Mar 2013 by FitzpatrickMcAuliffe
(From a German website translated into English)
It was in the night of 12 on the 13th July 1941 about 1.00 o'clock, when a British bomber crashed on Wettrup. It was an aircraft of type HP Hampden 52nd; it combined the characteristics of a heavy bomber with the agility of a light bomber. It was Twin, had a crew of four men was armed with six machine guns and could carry 1400 kg bombs. They belonged to the 50th Squadron: The pilot of the Hampden was Sergeant Donald Onions (23), the second pilot Sergeant James Austin (24), the radio operator was Flight Sergeant William Crichton (21) and Sagittarius Sergeant Peter Mitchell. All were killed. Sergeant Austin jumped with a parachute and, unharmed, fled west, but he was shot near the Dutch border by a German guard and died a later in the POW hospital in Lingen. They found their last resting after the war on the British Empire Woodland Cemetery near Kleve.
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"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Inscription
"TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END / HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND"
Gravesite Details
Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force. Age: 21.
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