LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant John Brian CRAWFORD
Service No: 440276
Born: Kew VIC, 28 September 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 December 1943
Unit: No. 5 Communication Unit, Garbutt QLD
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Communication Unit Norseman aircraft A71-4), vicinity of Iron Range QLD, 14 February 1946, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percival and Elsie Alice Crawford, of Redcliffe
Roll of Honour: Redcliffe QLD
Remembered: Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 February 1945, Noorduyn Norseman A71-4 went missing on a flight from Garbutt to Iron Range. On board the aircraft were:
Flight Sergeant John Brian Crawford (440276) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant George Morris Geisel (440279) (Passenger) (Flying Control NCO, No. 27 Operational Base Unit)
Flying Officer Colin William Law (414048) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 310