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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”)
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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
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).
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
L-R: Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson, Gordon Croucher, David Scott, Don Ryan.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
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.
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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
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.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant 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.
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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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).
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L-R: Harold Truscott, Bob Whitson, Gordon Croucher, David Scott, Don Ryan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 283 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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