Pilot Officer James Waldron “Wally” Creeden (1922-1942)

Pilot Officer James Waldron “Wally” Creeden Veteran

Birth

4 Feb 1922

Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Death

16 May 1942 (aged 20)

Woodhall Spa, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England

Burial

St Marys Churchyard

Great Bircham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map

Plot

Plot 1. Row 3. Grave 15.

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Military Service

Service Number: J/15353

Age: 20

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 407 (Demon) Squadron

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Medal

Pilot Officer / Pilot.

James died when his aircraft crashed near Woodhall Spa on the approach to Coningsby, Lincs returning, with battle damage, from a shipping strike off the Frisian Islands.

Also killed in the crash were:

Flight Sergeant J.A. Easton

Flying Officer R.K. Howson

Flight Sergeant D.E. Parks

Flight Sergeant J.H.R. Powell

Military Service

Service Number: J/15353

Age: 20

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 407 (Demon) Squadron

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Medal

Pilot Officer / Pilot.

James died when his aircraft crashed near Woodhall Spa on the approach to Coningsby, Lincs returning, with battle damage, from a shipping strike off the Frisian Islands.

Also killed in the crash were:

Flight Sergeant J.A. Easton

Flying Officer R.K. Howson

Flight Sergeant D.E. Parks

Flight Sergeant J.H.R. Powell

Inscription

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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James Walter Creeden

Elsie Elvira Wallace Creeden

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