Louis James Craven
Sergeant · 1455585 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Flight engineer, LW724 NP-S — Failed to return - 31 March 1944 Died
Crew & operations
Flew as Flight engineer with No. 158 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LW724 NP-S (Handley Page Halifax) — Failed to return
Crew: Anthony Shanahan (Bomb aimer) · Douglas Fitzgerald Bickford (Mid-upper gunner) · Ernest Roy Moore (Navigator) · Eric Ronald Fergus Macleod (Pilot) · James Arthur Nicholson (Rear gunner) · Leonard Gower Paxman (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: CRAVEN, LOUIS JAMES → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission