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| Name | CRIPPS |
| First names | Basil Robert |
| Rank | Sgt |
| Service | RAF |
| Service number | 1383133 |
| Crew position | Wireless operator/Air Gunner |
| Age | 20 |
| Date of death | 13/06/43 |
| Cemetery | Raalte Cemetery Holland |
 The German marker cross and the Dutch marker cross |
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 The crashsite of ED584 (photographed in 1945) |
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| 12/13 June; BOCHUM: Fifteen aircraft were detailed for Bochum. This well-executed raid with good Oboe skymarking led to heavy bombing in the town centre. Fourteen Lancasters and 10 Halifaxes were lost from the raid. Unfortunately one of the Lancasters reported missing was from Fiskerton; P/O John Hutchinson (ED584) and crew’s Lancaster came down on farmland belonging to Mr J. Duteweert near Marienheem in Holland. The pilot’s body and that of his 19 year old mid upper gunner, Sgt Edward Pearson were never found. The rest of the crew are buried in Raalte Cemetery. Lancaster ED584 (EA-U) P/O J. Hutchinson Pilot (Missing) Sgt C.W. Dudley F/E (Killed) P/O C.S. Olson NAV (Killed) Sgt B.R. Cripps W/AG (Killed) Sgt E.H. Pearson RCAF A/G (Missing) Sgt E.W.H. Johnson B/A (Killed) F/S L.E. Workman RNZAF A/G (Killed) Crew on their 2nd operation See the Marienheem Memorial |
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