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| Name | Crabbe |
| First names | Arthur "Lou" Crabbe |
| Rank | Sgt |
| Service | RAF |
| Crew position | Flight Engineer |
| Comments | Completed a tour of 32 operations on the 7th April 1945 |
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Flight Engineer: 1515645 Sgt 'L' CRABBE Navigator: 1083799 Sgt TG GATFIELD Bomb Aimer: 1614932 Sgt J ALDRIDGE Wireless Operator: 1765077 Sgt DW PYE Mid-upper Gunner: 2210047 Sgt N POWELL Rear Gunner: 1454207 Sgt RE WILKINS |
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received from Tom Crabbe (Lou's grandson): I became aware as a young boy that people referred to him as 'Lou' and was always curious as to why. Recently I finally got round to asking him why this was and he explained that as a young man he was a big fan of the boxer Joe Louis and so became known as Lou! |
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 From the LHS (at a Squadron reunion held at Peterborough 1998): Tom Gatfield, Norman Powell, John Aldridge, Lou Crabbe |
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very strong amongst aircrews and this crew felt it was bad luck
to have your photograph taken and, to date, we have discovered
no wartime images. Postscript: In December 2011 the B&W image shown on this page was found. |
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