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Title
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McCron, Samuel Lorne Wilfred
S L W McCron
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-08-17
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Identifier
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McCron, SLW
Description
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39 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Samuel Lorne Wilfred McCron (R/191097 Royal Canadian Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He was training as a wireless operator / air gunner and was killed 30 November 1944 when his Wellington crashed. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ken Proteau and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on Samuel Lorne Wilfred McCron is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/115416/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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[inserted] C9 [/inserted]
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Royal Air Force Station,
Ossington,
Nr. Newark,
Notts.
5th December 1944.
OSS/549/126/4/P.1.
Dear Mrs. McCron,
It is with great sorrow that I write to confirm the sad news of the death of your husband, Sergeant McCron S.L.W. in a flying accident at 11.30 hours on the morning of November 30th 1944.
The aircraft was engaged on a training flight, when, for some reason which has not been explained, it suddenly crashed and became a total wreck, all of the crew being killed instantly. The accident took place at Sutton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, which is about three miles from this station, and the bodies were brought back here to await burial.
Owing to the time it takes to communicate with Canada, I was unable to consult you with regard to the funeral, and I do hope that the arrangements I made were in accordance with what you would have desired.
The funerals took place at Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey at 12 o'clock on December 4th, 1944. Full service honours were accorded. Bearers were sent by Royal Air Force Station, Farnborough, and Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters, London, provided a firing party and trumpeter. The Presbyterian services were conducted by Squadron Leader A. Linton, from R.C.A.F. Headquarters, London, and I sent representatives from among the trainees who were friends of the crew. Wreaths were sent from the Officer Commanding and Officers, Senior N.C.Os. and airmen of this unit.
Mrs. Lorne McCron,
1339 Crawford Avenue,
West Fort William,
Ontario.
[signature]
[date stamp] 11 DEC 1944 [/date stamp]
[page break]
2.
The care of the graves is in the hands of [missing word] Imperial War Graves Commission, who will erect a temporary wooden cross pending the provision of a permanent memorial by them.
Your husband's effects have been gathered together and are being sent to the Royal Air Force Depository, from where they will be forwarded to the Administrator of Estates, Ottawa, who will in due course write to you with regard to this matter.
I send you my most sincere sympathy in your great sorrow. Your husband was keen and hardworking, and in his death, this unit and his country have sustained a real loss.
There is very little I can say to you in consolation, but I hope you will always remember with pride that your husband gave his life in the cause of freedom, fighting for all he held dear.
If there is anything I can do for you, please do not hesitate to write.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
(H.I. DABINETT)
[underlined] Group Captain, Commanding,
R.A.F. Station, Ossington. [/underlined]
LETTER RECEIVED 11 12
ORIGINAL SENT 13.12
COPY TO OTTAWA 18 12
PHOTOS SENT TO N/A
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Title
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Letter to Sam McCron's Wife
Description
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The letter informs Sam's wife that Sam has died in an accident.
Creator
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Group Captain, RAF Ossington
Date
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1944-12-05
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
Great Britain
Ontario
England--Nottinghamshire
Ontario--Thunder Bay
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Format
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Two typewritten sheets
Identifier
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EOCRAFOssingtonMcCronOG441205-0001, EOCRAFOssingtonMcCronOG441205-0002
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
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1944-11-30
Contributor
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Sue Smith
aircrew
crash
final resting place
killed in action
RAF Ossington