Walter Charles Cracknell
Flight Lieutenant · J/8353 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Durnbach 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
Pilot, DS840 OW-C — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 22
Crew & operations
Flew as Pilot with No. 426 Squadron (Thunderbird).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft DS840 OW-C (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Hubert Francis Orr (Bomb aimer) · Harold Wride (Flight engineer) · Leroy Edward Robinson (Mid-upper gunner) · Alexander Gordon Devoy (Navigator) · Roy Clifford Haycock (Rear gunner) · Milton Cecil Moosman (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: CRACKNELL, WALTER CHARLES → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission