MCCRORIE Thomas Fraser

  • First Name(s):
    Thomas 
    Fraser 
  • Surname:
    MCCRORIE
  • Service Number:
    68770
  • Rank:

    Flight Lieutenant/Pilot

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Air Force Unit:
    75 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd June 1943
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Hemelumer Oldeferd (Molkwerum) Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands, Grave 190.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John Andrew and Margaret McCrorie; husband of Joan McCrorie, of Broom, Warwickshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

MCCRORIE Thomas Fraser Is Named On These Memorials

Bidford on Avon St Laurence Church
Bidford on Avon War Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About MCCRORIE Thomas Fraser

On the night of 22nd June 1943 a total 0f 557 aircraft took part in a raid on Mulheim in the Ruhr Valley in Germany.  Thomas McCrorie was the Pilot of Stirling MKIII EH889 AA-Z which took off at 23.48 from Newmarket to take part in the Mulheim raid.  The aircraft never reached its target, it was shot down in the early hours of 23rd June over the Netherlands by a German night-fighter, crashing into the Ijsselmeer and killing all on board. A total of 35 aircraft from 75 Squadron were lost during the raid.

The following corrections relating to the above report have been drawn to my attention by the son of Thomas McCrorie:

The F540 report indicates that 15 aircraft from 75(NZ) Squadron RAF were detailed for the raid and 4 failed to return. The 75 NZ Squadron website indicates that fourteen squadron aircraft were detailed, one aircraft returned early having been hit by AA fire and 4 failed to return. The F540 also gives the target incorrectly as Mannheim.

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