DAMBUSTERS Grimes, Walter Crawford

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Grimes ​

• FORENAME

Walter Crawford ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

138314 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th November 1943 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 124 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Walter Crawford and Charlotte Lucy Howard Grimes,South Shields,Co.Durham​

218 Squadron​

Flight Sgt (952866)​

award DFM (12.1.1943)​

617 Squadron 26.7.1943​

wireless operator​

Lancaster ED735​

Transit from Rabat,Morocco​

ditched off Portugal,Bay of Biscay - last heard from 0555 hours ​