World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Malcolm M. Crocker
Hometown
Ludlow, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF WING COMMANDER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. AWARDED BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND BAR. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 49 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AVRO LANCASTER MK. 1 (LL900) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED NEAR GUSTEN, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO WESSELING ON JUNE 22, 1944. BURIED AT RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, RHEINBERG, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.