Creighton DFC
Name CREIGHTON
First Names Allan David
Rank P/O
Service RCAF
Service Number J19870
Crew Position Air Gunner
Age 26
Date of Death 22/06/1944
Cemetery Rheinberg War Cemetery Germany
P/O Creighton's DFC:
The award was presented by the Canadian Governor General tohis next-of-kin on the 10th December 1947. The citation calls him a pilot, but the casualty list and training school list make clear he was an air gunner.
Pilot Officer Creighton, as pilot [sic] , has completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude and devotion to duty.
Note: Although letters of condolence were often standard, the following excerpt from a letter dated 22nd June 1944 from the Commanding Officer, No.49 Squadron, to his widow may explain his award in some part:
"During the time your husband has been with the squadron he has taken part in many operational sorties, and he has shown himself to be a very efficient and keen air gunner who was always willing to
give the benefit of his knowledge and experience to the new gunners as they came to the squadron."
Grave Inscription - "We Loved Our Lad and he died that we might live "Blessed are the Peacemakers"
Creighton DFC
Name CREIGHTON
First Names Allan David
Rank P/O
Service RCAF
Service Number J19870
Crew Position Air Gunner
Age 26
Date of Death 22/06/1944
Cemetery Rheinberg War Cemetery Germany
P/O Creighton's DFC:
The award was presented by the Canadian Governor General tohis next-of-kin on the 10th December 1947. The citation calls him a pilot, but the casualty list and training school list make clear he was an air gunner.
Pilot Officer Creighton, as pilot [sic] , has completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude and devotion to duty.
Note: Although letters of condolence were often standard, the following excerpt from a letter dated 22nd June 1944 from the Commanding Officer, No.49 Squadron, to his widow may explain his award in some part:
"During the time your husband has been with the squadron he has taken part in many operational sorties, and he has shown himself to be a very efficient and keen air gunner who was always willing to
give the benefit of his knowledge and experience to the new gunners as they came to the squadron."
Grave Inscription - "We Loved Our Lad and he died that we might live "Blessed are the Peacemakers"