Frederick served with 103 Squadron based at Elsham Wolds as an Air Gunner.
Frederick was part of Sergeant later Warrant Officer R Dash's crew. In all Frederick took part in 14 operational sorties, which are listed below;
23/05/43 Lancaster ED922 Dortmund
25/05/43 Lancaster ED878 Dusseldorf
27/05/43 Lancaster ED878 Essen
29/05/43 Lancaster ED878 Wuppertal
11/06/43 Lancaster ED645 Dusseldorf
12/06/43 Lancaster ED645 Bochum
14/06/43 Lancaster ED701 Oberhausen
28/06/43 Lancaster ED922 Cologne
03/07/43 Lancaster ED645 Cologne
08/07/43 Lancaster ED878 Cologne
12/07/43 Lancaster W4364 Turin
27/07/43 Lancaster ED922 Hamburg
29/07/43 Lancaster ED922 Hamburg
02/08/43 Lancaster ED922 Hamburg
At 2304hrs on the night of 2 August 1943 their Lancaster took off for a sortie to Hamburg. Their Lancaster crashed into the Elbe off Herrenfeld 15km West of Elkmshorn in the early hours of the 3rd.
Avro Lancaster B.III ED922 PM-C
Warrant Officer R Dash
Sergeant L G Spurgeon
Sergeant W J Forgan
Sergeant J W Barraet
Sergeant E D Giles
Sergeant F A Crawford 1543229
Sergeant F J Swift
Sergeant Frederick Arthur Crawford (1543229) is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, 10A.L.11.
Commonwealth War Graves Commision
Alex Smart
David Fell http://elshamwolds.50g.com
