Alfred Hirst Crosland
Warrant Officer Class II · R/161229 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 22
- 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
-
30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Bomb aimer, LV879 QB-A — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 22
Crew & operations
Flew as Bomb aimer with No. 424 Squadron (Tiger).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LV879 QB-A (Handley Page Halifax) — Failed to return
Crew: John Stanley Bolton (Flight engineer) · Robert James Atkins (Mid-upper gunner) · John Ross Mason (Navigator) · John Doig (Pilot) · Thomas James Rogers (Rear gunner) · Donald Stewart (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: CROSLAND, ALFRED HIRST → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission