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| Name | CRAWSHAW |
| First names | Stanley Raynor |
| Rank | Sgt |
| Service | RAF |
| Service number | 1593188 |
| Crew position | Flight Engineer |
| Age | 18 (youngest member of Bomber Command to be killed) |
| Date of death | 04/11/44 |
| Cemetery | Reichswald Forest cemetery Kleve |
   The wings worn by Stanley Crawshaw. The photograph kindly provided by Margaret Bower (Stanley was her cousin) |
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 The crew (not including Stanley) |
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| 4/5 November, 1944; LADBERGEN
(DORTMUND-EMS CANAL): This proved to be another successful attack by 5 Group, with both branches of the canal being breached, leaving many barges stranded. It prevented much needed smelting coke reaching important steelworks near Brunswick and Osnabrück. 2 Mosquito Pathfinders had led 174 Lancasters (including 12 from 49 Squadron). Three aircraft failed to return. For the second raid in succession, 49 Squadron suffered the loss of a crew. F/O Derrick Talbot, a 22 year-old pilot and his crew, which contained 3 Australians, were flying on only their 5th operation together. Sadly, all were killed and are buried in the Reichswald Cemetery, Germany. Lancaster PB370 F/O D. Talbot Pilot (Killed) Sgt S.R. Crawshaw F/E (Killed) F/O G.H. Baily RAAF NAV (Killed) F/S L.G. Speak RAAF W/OP (Killed) F/O W.J. Moroney A/G (Killed) F/O H.L. Motterham RAAF A/B (Killed) F/O R.W. Berry A/G (Killed) Crew on their 5th operation |
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