John Teasdale Craig

John Teasdale Craig was a Flight Sergeant, service number 564573. CWGC records his death on 2 June 1941, aged 27, and his burial at Witton-le-Wear Cemetery, grave P.48. The London Gazette records his Distinguished Flying Medal on 6 September 1940.

Aviation Safety Network gives an earlier combat incident for Craig before his death. It records him as the pilot of Hurricane I L1607, with the same service number, during operations over France on 18 May 1940; the aircraft crashed north of Vimy and Craig was initially missing but later reported safe after evading capture. Aircrew Remembered’s exact casualty row adds that he is listed as Battle of Britain and records his parents as Robert William Craig and Elizabeth Craig of Witton-le-Wear. These details are included because they match the service number and CWGC identity. No source checked here supplied the circumstances of his death on 2 June 1941. These records tie the same name to the same service number, award trail and casualty date, reducing the risk of confusing him with another airman of similar name.