Harold Roy Crawford Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 53596 - 2nd Lt Harold Roy Crawford Jr, 4FG.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51K 44-11665 crash landed near Weimar after aircraft was struck by ground fire or flak at Weimar Airdrome. 2nd Lt. Harold R. Crawford Jr. was seen to emerge from the wreck, waving his arms while running clear of it. POW. MACR 12784.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Executive at Boeing Aircraft Company.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 April 1923 | ||
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Based Assigned |
17 November 1944 - 27 February 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Shot down |
27 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) crash landed near Weimar after aircraft was struck by ground fire or flak at Weimar Airdrome. 2nd Lt Crawford Jr was seen to emerge from the wreck, waving his arms while running clear of it. POW. MACR 12784. | |
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Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
27 February 1945 | Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. | |
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Died |
24 November 2008 | ||
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Buried |
27 November 2008 | Saint Francis Episcopal Church Memorial Garden Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona | |
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Born |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 12784 ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 12784 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
