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Military service
Service number:
R/128786
Age:
22
Rank:
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber)
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 26, 1921
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 9, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 3, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 3.
Additional information
Son of Edward W. and Mabel Crebbin, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Audrey Brown, Ethel Davies and Vera Crebbin.
Digital gallery of W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
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Commemorative Monument (Halifax LK 925)
Monument erected by residents of St. Viths, Belgium in honour of the crew of Halifax LK 925, 431 RCAF Squadron whose plane crashed on 3 October 1943. In the photograph are two survivors, Ray DePape and Stan Peters, who attended to unveiling and dedication on 17 May 1998. -
Photo of Gordon James Crebbin
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Memorial
Plaque on Memorial commemorating the crew of the Halifax LK 925, 423 RCAF Squadron. G.J. Crebbin, C.H. Wardrope and L.C. Main lost their lives in the crash in St. Viths, Belgium on 3 October 1943. -
Photo of GORDON JAMES CREBBIN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WO II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
WO II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
Digital gallery of
W.O.II Navigator (Bomber) Gordon James Crebbin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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