Alan Cryer
Flight Sergeant · Aus.436545 · Australian
- Died
- 4 March 1945, aged 21
- Fate
- Killed in action
Flight Sergeant Alan Cryer (Aus.436545) of the Australian air forces was killed on active service on 4 March 1945, aged 21. He is commemorated at Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom (Grave 15107.).
Explore: others commemorated at Cambridge City Cemetery · others who died on 4 March
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 12 Squadron.
- Lost on ME323 PH-P (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed on return
Crew: Walter Noel Pridmore (Bomb aimer) · Thomas McCaffray (Flight engineer) · Alexander Harold Weston (Mid-upper gunner) · Ronald Leslie Horstmann (Navigator) · Arthur Glyndwyr Thomas (Pilot) · George Edward Davis (Wireless operator)
Timeline
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4 March 1945
Lost in Avro Lancaster ME323
Rear gunner -
4 March 1945
Died
aged 21
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 3 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 4 March 1945: Kamen · Wanne-eickel · Berlin. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
