1942 Sept death registration-
Name: Kriger, Louis---Age: 23
District: Huntingdon (Volume & Page: 3b & 249)
Three airmen lost their lives in the crash of one of 156 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (#BJ716) aircraft at Kings' Ripton, 3 miles NNE of Huntingdon. Three other aircrew were injured, but survived, the crash. The Wellington had taken flight from RAF Warboys for an air operation over Saarbrucken, Germany.
The three airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant John James LUCAS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis KRIGER and
RAFVR Sergeant Patrick HAYES.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/71532
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 156 (R.A.F.) Squadron (MOTTO: 'We Light The Way'), No. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command; RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Only son of Harry and Annie Kriger of Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Flight Sergeant Louis Kriger is commemorated on Page 87 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Name: Kriger, Louis---Age: 23
District: Huntingdon (Volume & Page: 3b & 249)
Three airmen lost their lives in the crash of one of 156 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (#BJ716) aircraft at Kings' Ripton, 3 miles NNE of Huntingdon. Three other aircrew were injured, but survived, the crash. The Wellington had taken flight from RAF Warboys for an air operation over Saarbrucken, Germany.
The three airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant John James LUCAS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis KRIGER and
RAFVR Sergeant Patrick HAYES.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/71532
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 156 (R.A.F.) Squadron (MOTTO: 'We Light The Way'), No. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command; RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Only son of Harry and Annie Kriger of Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Flight Sergeant Louis Kriger is commemorated on Page 87 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
1942 Sept death registration-
Name: Kriger, Louis---Age: 23
District: Huntingdon (Volume & Page: 3b & 249)
Three airmen lost their lives in the crash of one of 156 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (#BJ716) aircraft at Kings' Ripton, 3 miles NNE of Huntingdon. Three other aircrew were injured, but survived, the crash. The Wellington had taken flight from RAF Warboys for an air operation over Saarbrucken, Germany.
The three airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant John James LUCAS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis KRIGER and
RAFVR Sergeant Patrick HAYES.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/71532
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 156 (R.A.F.) Squadron (MOTTO: 'We Light The Way'), No. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command; RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Only son of Harry and Annie Kriger of Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Flight Sergeant Louis Kriger is commemorated on Page 87 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Name: Kriger, Louis---Age: 23
District: Huntingdon (Volume & Page: 3b & 249)
Three airmen lost their lives in the crash of one of 156 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (#BJ716) aircraft at Kings' Ripton, 3 miles NNE of Huntingdon. Three other aircrew were injured, but survived, the crash. The Wellington had taken flight from RAF Warboys for an air operation over Saarbrucken, Germany.
The three airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Flight Sergeant John James LUCAS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis KRIGER and
RAFVR Sergeant Patrick HAYES.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: R/71532
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 156 (R.A.F.) Squadron (MOTTO: 'We Light The Way'), No. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command; RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Only son of Harry and Annie Kriger of Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Flight Sergeant Louis Kriger is commemorated on Page 87 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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