World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Charles Cleghorn Brockie Craigie
Hometown
Ludlow, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 415 'SWORDFISH' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HALIFAX MK III (NP936) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID ON THE SYNTHETIC OIL PLANT IN THE BERGKAMEN DISTRICT ON FEBRUARY 24, 1945. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.