World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Raymond Thomas Crimmins
Hometown
Cuba City, Wisconsin
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 429 'BISON' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. X (HE423) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED NEAR ZEIST, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DUISBURG, GERMANY ON MAY 13, 1943. BURIED AT OUD LEUSDEN GENERAL CEMETERY, AMERSFOORT, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS.