Crawford, James Darroch

Title

Crawford, James Darroch

Description

Six items. The collection concerns Flying Officer James Darroch Crawford DFC (b. 1922, 1567705 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, and photographs.
He flew operations as a navigator with 139 Squadron.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by James Crawford and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan.

Date

2022-10-12

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Crawford, JD

Collection Items

Mosquitos
A group of eight Mosquito aircraft form a spiral from take off to full flight. The lead aircraft has a roundel on its fuselage. Below is the outline of south east Australia and the North Island New Zealand.

Man at his desk
A man studies papers at his desk.

RAF Awards
List of Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Flying Medal recipients including Flying Officer James D. Crawford.

War honours
Report of award of Distinguished Flying Cross to 23 year old James D Crawford.

Interrupting the news
Cartoon of a man, wearing a suit, sat at a desk. He is reading a news item into a BBC microphone. Captioned 'We are interrupting the news with an item of special interest. Last night our Mosquitoes did not bomb Berlin'.

James Darroch Crawford's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for James Darroch Crawford from 11 September 1943 to 1 June 1946. Details his training, operational duties and post conflict service. James served with 139 (Jamacia) and 627 Squadrons and flew 48 night time…
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Collection Tree

  • Crawford, James Darroch