In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Thomas Alvin Crawford

who died on 6 May 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 13 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R87315
  Date of death 19420506
  Cause of death died in a training accident
Narrative history
  R87315 Flight Sergeant (RCAF pilot) (Thomas) Alvin Crawford (b.1916) of Harris died 19420506 and is buried at Nes general cemetery, Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Crawford's Blenheim went missing on a training exercise from No. 13 Operational Training Unit and his body washed ashore at Ameland. His parents Ernest Garfield and Ethel Jane (Clayton) Crawford came from Wisconsin via North Dakota and Pincher Creek, Alberta, arriving at Harris in 1916 where Ern was to spend 35 years as the Imperial Oil agent. Alvin was born at Harris and was working as a truck driver for his father when he enlisted at Saskatoon early in 1941. He married Grace Patricia (Kavanagh) at Regina later that year, she and their son Wayne later lived at Devon, Alberta. Alvin's sister Norma also served in the RCAF.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 316 - Harris
  Cemetery or memorial location Nes general cemetery, Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Harris
  Geo-memorial Crawford Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.4167°N / 105.8333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74H5
  Geo-memorial details East of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19160606
  Place of birth Harris    
  Date of enlistment 19410211
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Harris    
  Occupation trucker
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