Pilot Officer John Dallas Crossman

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Reference WMO/273075

Address:

Freshfield Hall

Hillside (road name)

Forest Row

RH18 5ES

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Located on a wall adjacent to Freshfield Hall. There is another memorial at the Tablehurst Farm crash site
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In Memory of / Pilot Officer John Dallas Crossman / of / Waratah NSW Australia / 46 Squadron Royal Air Force / Killed in Action in the skies over Tablehurst Farm Forest Row / 30 September 1940 // Buried with family at / Chalfont St Giles Parish churchyard // Born 20 March 1918 in Mackay Queensland john Crossman later moved / with his family to Newcastle NSW. He attended Newcastle Boy’s High School. / He successfully applied for a Short Service Commission with the Royal Air Force / and commenced pilot training in England during October 1939. / Posted to 26 SQN RAF flying Hawker Hurricane fighters Crossman was shot down / and killed age 22 years during the Battle of Britain. / A memorial marks the crash site at Tablehurst Farm. // “One of the Few” // Presented by / Royal Australian Air Force Association NSW Division / (Fighter Squadron Branch) / 30 June 2017 //

John Dallas CROSSMAN Pilot Officer

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