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Military service
Service number:
J/26857
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 2, 1916
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
July 7, 1942
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 244.
Additional information
Son of Ernest Henry and Ann Douglas Croucher, of Verdun, Province of Quebec.
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher has been honoured by having Croucher Creek named after him. The location of Croucher Creek is in Yukon (105D14- 60° 47’ 04”- 135° 04’ 32”)
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
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Photo de Gordon Croucher
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Photo de Groupe
L-R: Harold Truscott (Mid Upper Gunner), Bob Whitson (Navigator), Jack Irmie (Tail Gunner), Gordon Croucher (Wireless Operator), David Scott (Flight Engineer), Don Ryan (Pilot). -
Photo de Groupe
L-R: Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson, Gordon Croucher, David Scott, Don Ryan. -
Crew LL867
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Lancaster LL867
Lancaster LL687 – Berlin Special - Lancaster Bomber LL687 EQ*M Lost during Hamburg operations July 29, 1944 Crashed at Spreckens, Germany. All crew killed except Flt Eng David Scott who was taken PoW until end of war. -
Photo de Groupe
Dry Ditching Exercise on LL723. L-R Harold Truscott by upper turrent, Gordon Croucher, Bob Whitson, Don Ryan climbing out of hatch, David Scott inboard wing and Al Durnin outboard wing. -
Photo de Gordon Croucher
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équipage
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Photo de Gordon Croucher
RCAF Flight lieutenant Gordon Croucher based at Linton on Ouse UK. Radio Operator on Lancaster Bomber LL687 lost on July 29,1944 during a night operation on Hamburg Germany. Lest we forget. -
Mémorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mémorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mémorial
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mémorial
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Lettre
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo de GORDON CROUCHER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Autre
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo de GORDON CROUCHER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Lettre
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 283 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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