Date of death:

June 22nd, 1944

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Rheinberg
Plot: 14. Row: B. Grave: 13.

Service number:

124256

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Wing Commander M. Crocker was a US citizen who voluntarily joined the Royal Air Force.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

October 15th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force (No. 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force)

Awarded on:

January 18th, 1944

Citation:
"This officer since being awarded the D.F.C. has continued to show skill, determination and courage in the attacks he has made against many strongly defended German targets. As squadron commander his work, both in the air as on the ground, has been of a high order."

Second DFC awarded as a bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.

• Photo 1: TracesOfWar.com
• - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36211 published on the 12 October 1943
  - Flight Global - Archive
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36335 published on the 14 January 1944
  - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  

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