LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph CRAMER
Service No: 405676
Born: Belfast, Ireland, 10 March 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 103 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Elsham Wolds
Died: Air Operations: (No. 103 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED614), Denmark, 21 April 1943, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward and Anastasia Cramer; husband of Rose Mary Cramer, of North Hughenden, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Townsville QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster ED614 took off from Elsham Wolds at 2141 hours on the night of 20 April1943 detailed to bomb Stettin, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shor down by a nigh fighter and crashed at 0022 hours on 21 April at Vester Vedsted, 7 kms south west of Ribe, Denmark. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of ED614 were:
Sergeant James Cooper (542661) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph Cramer (405676) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Arthur Daley DFM (47481) (RAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Raymond George Elkins (976368) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Archibald Ian Mackay (1559316) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Pilot Officer George May Pettigrew (145158) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Walter Dennis Ramsay (1238287) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/8/92
Bibliography:
Charlwood, D.E.C. (Donald Ernest Cameron) (408794) No Moon Tonight (Angus and Robertson 1956), Penguin Ringwood VIC, 3134, 1991