(John CREBBIN) William Donald CREBBIN. Alan Francis CREBBIN. Frank CREBBIN
- Extended Description
- Flight Lieutenant John Percival Crebbin DFC, 48603, 83 Sqn RAF, rear turret gunner ex 9 Squadron gunnery leader. Killed on 23.11.1943. (Plaque shows date of death as 1942)
Son of William H. Crebbin and Eleanor Crebbin.
At rest at Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery, Germany.
Flying Officer, Navigator Alan F CREBBIN 177 Squadron, 17th May 1944, Burma.
Flying Officer, Navigator Wireless Operator 136385 Alan Francis CREBBIN. 177 Squadron Royal Air Force (VR) died 8th May 1944 aged 22. Son of Lieut. Frank Crebbin, Royal Navy, and Catherine Elizabeth Crebbin, of Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At rest in Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh.
Alan F Crebbin's father was Lieutenant Frank CREBBIN of H.M.S. Hornet, Royal Navy. Killed in Gosport street accident, December 24th 1940 aged 54. He is at rest in Holy Trinity Churchyard Extension, Kirk Christ, Isle of Man.
UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960, Ancestry. Shows that he received a fractured skull caused by being knocked down by car.
His Brother was Pilot Officer 188647 William Donald CREBBIN (known as Peter) 115 Squadron Royal Air Force killed in action on a training flight whilst flying a Lancaster 26th November 1944 aged 20. Son of Frank Crebbin, and of Catherine Elizabeth Crebbin, of Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
This memorial plaque is at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
