I had the pleasure of meeting the widow of Sgt. John ‘Jack’ Crisp today. Crisp was a rear gunner in 97Sqn & received the DFM for his involvement in the famous Augsburg op on 17th April 1942. He was also involved in the first three 1,000 bomber raids to Cologne, Essen & Bremen and mentioned in despatches on 1st Jan 1943.
Mrs Crisp has her late husband’s service records etc., but his logbook along with flying jacket ‘went missing’. Can I ask any collector/historian out there that may have or know the whereabouts of Sgt. Crisp’s logbook to consider scanning its content or loaning it to Mrs Crisp so she can see the details of subjects that her husband would rarely talk about?
Thanks in anticipation
Dave
By: Delta Golf - 17th January 2011 at 19:12
Thanks Icare9,
I’ve managed to get a record of his 97Sqn ops, but this doesn’t cover his training @ Turnhouse or service after 97Sqn (last entry 27/10/1942).
Thanks
Dave
By: Icare9 - 16th January 2011 at 23:14
A couple of references that seem to be him:-
97 Squadron Lancaster L7570. Squadron Code: OF-B. Operation: Gardening. 20th March 1942
This was the first operational loss of a Lancaster since the type entered Bomber Command service in December 1941. Airborne from Woodhall Spa for a mine-laying sortie off the Frisian Islands (Nectarines Area). Visibility was poor at the time and as the Lancaster climbed away, its starboard wing tip grazed the roof of a house. This resulted in a crash landing at 15:00 20 Mar 1942 on the beach at Frieston, 4 miles E of Boston, Lincolnshire. The crew escaped injury, and although little damaged, the Lancaster was swamped by the incoming tide and written off. Crew: F/O E.E. Rodley; P/O Colquhoun RCAF; Sgt Healey; Sgt Merralls; Sgt Cummings; Sgt J. Crisp and Sgt Ratcliffe.
102 Squadron Halifax Mk III NA175. Squadron Codes: DY-Q. Operation: Goch. 7th/8th February 1945
NA175 was one of two 102 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. See: LW142. Airborne from Pocklington to bomb transport and troop concentrations in and around Goch. Homebound badly shot up by a night-fighter and partially abandoned over Belgium, two members of the crew sustaining injuries. The Halifax came down about 01:00 some 400 metres from a zinc factory at Lommel (Limburg); W/O Smith is buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery.
Crew: W/O W.R. Smith KIA; Sgt J.G. Grist; F/Sgt W.A. McPherson; F/Sgt A.G. Kingdom Inj; F/O J. Crisp; Sgt W. Ollerton and Sgt B.Peckham Inj.
They may be namesakes, not the one chap, but????
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January 16, 2011 at 6:39 pm