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Flight Sergeant John Malcolm Craig

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Flight Sergeant John Malcolm Craig Veteran

Birth
Armadale, Stonnington City, Victoria, Australia
Death
4 Jun 1944 (aged 20)
Italy
Burial
Anzio, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
Plot
XVII. F. 3.
Memorial ID
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Cenotaph here

Service No: 410309
Born: Armadale VIC, 6 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FM528), near Rome, 4 June 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Frederick and Margaret Kerr Craig, of Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 4 June 1944, Kittyhawk FM528 flown by Flight Sergeant Craig was one of 6 aircraft in formation when it attacked enemy military trucks on a road near Rome in the Subiaco/Arsell/ Avezzanno area, Italy. FM528 was hit by anti-aircraft fire immediately after its bombing run. The aircraft went into a shallow dive, exploded and burned on impact with the ground. Flight Sergeant Craig's body was found later by an Army patrol.
Cenotaph here

Service No: 410309
Born: Armadale VIC, 6 July 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FM528), near Rome, 4 June 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Frederick and Margaret Kerr Craig, of Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 4 June 1944, Kittyhawk FM528 flown by Flight Sergeant Craig was one of 6 aircraft in formation when it attacked enemy military trucks on a road near Rome in the Subiaco/Arsell/ Avezzanno area, Italy. FM528 was hit by anti-aircraft fire immediately after its bombing run. The aircraft went into a shallow dive, exploded and burned on impact with the ground. Flight Sergeant Craig's body was found later by an Army patrol.

Gravesite Details

Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force. Age: 20.



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  • Maintained by: Cobber
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56100669/john_malcolm-craig: accessed ), memorial page for Flight Sergeant John Malcolm Craig (6 Jul 1923–4 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56100669, citing Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy; Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026).