The story
At the date of 11-11-1944, time: 1600, the aircraft type Typhoon has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Rouveen / Staphorst. The unit of crew and plane is: 440 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Flying Officer, name: F.J. Crowley. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Hawker Typhoon IB - MP124 - F/O - Francis Joseph Crowley - near Rouveen
440 Fighter Squadron - Saturday 11 Nov 1944 - 16:00
Typhoon IB - MP124 came down 100 m East of the railroad - Zwolle/Meppel - Km-marker 91.1
3.5 km East of Rouveen - area West of Punthorst -
- info by Jan Mennink -
R95588 - J/26914 - Flying Officer - Fighter Pilot - Francis 'Frank' Joseph Crowley - RCAF - Age 23 - KIA
- Brockville, Ontario, Canada - Grave 1 - Rouveen New General Cemetery - CWGC ref. 2820639
born 25 Jul 1921 - died 11 Nov 1944, Rouveen, The Netherlands - Age 23
Son of Joseph James Crowley and Lillian M. Crowley (née Pellow), of Brockville, Ontario, Canada
formely of Gananoque, Ontario. Step-grandson of R. J. Deir, Gananoque, Ontario
Francis 'Frank' Joseph Crowley
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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