CRAGO, William Thomas Roy
| Service Number: | 205741 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 October 1938, Enlisted at Laverton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Bay of Biscay, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, 20 June 1941, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Roll of Honour - Ballarat, Victoria, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Oct 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 205741, Enlisted at Laverton, Victoria | |
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| 17 Nov 1939: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 205741, Embarked at Sydney for UK | |
| 20 Jun 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 205741, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hezekiah and Mary Jane Crago of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; brother of John Crago of Ballarat Est, Mrs. M. Veal
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45
Also served in in the Citizen Military Forces
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer James Barry 400034 (Pilot) and LAC William Thomas Roy Crago 205741 (Fitter II) of 10SQN RAAF were killed when Flying Boat X8274 crashed in the Bay of Biscay - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
The Short S.26 (G Class) Flying Boat was known as the Golden Fleece and it had been attached from 119 Squadron RAF to 10 Squadron RAAF for this mission
The aircraft was lost during the course of a flight from RAF Mount Batten in the UK to Gibraltar when it crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 miles north-west of Cape Finnistere, Spain
Also killed were Flight Sergeant David Francis Meyrick 506585 RAF / Sergeant Albert Henry Sillifant Waller 759038 RAF / Sergeant Henry Richard Mason 365521 RAF / Flight Lieutenant George Henry Bowes 77027 RAF / Flight Sergeant Claud Ernest Fowler 512994 RAF / Sergeant William Frederick Alexander 508826 RAF / Captain A. Michel FAFL (Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres - Free French Air Force)
Survivors (all taken POW): Corporal (later Flight Lieutenant) (Air Gunner) Leonard George Corcoran 4503 RAAF - discharged 1946 / SQNLDR Samuel Godfrey Long RAF / Sergeant Julian Eustace Hill RAF / Brigadier General Roger Lewin Taverner 15972 of King's Shropshire Light Infantry (awarded as Commander of the British Empire at the end of the war)