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	His father was a Police Inspector in Scunthorpe where Raymond began his schooling. The family moved to Donington and then to 48 Tower Road Boston. Raymond entered [[Boston Grammar School]] in 1932. He left in 1934 to take up employment with The Boston Electrical Company but left in 1937 to go to Wakefield Police School for training at the completion of which he joined the Lincolnshire Constabulary at Cleethorpes, then Skegness and, later, Billinghay.		His father was a Police Inspector in Scunthorpe where Raymond began his schooling. The family moved to Donington and then to 48 Tower Road Boston. Raymond entered [[Boston Grammar School]] in 1932. He left in 1934 to take up employment with The Boston Electrical Company but left in 1937 to go to Wakefield Police School for training at the completion of which he joined the Lincolnshire Constabulary at Cleethorpes, then Skegness and, later, Billinghay.

	He joined the Royal Air Force in October, 1941 and was sent to navigation schools in the USA and Canada before returning to Lincolnshire in January, 1943 to fly with Bomber Command [[Wikipedia:No. 207 Squadron RAF\|207 Squadron]] RAF Lancaster. He made twenty operational flights before taking part in a fateful raid in May 1943 during the German occupation of France. On the night of 3rd May as preparation for the Normandy invasion ([[Wikipedia:Operation Overlord\|Operation Overlord]]) 346 [[Wikipedia:Avro Lancaster\|Avro Lancaster]]s and 14 [[Wikipedia:de Havilland Mosquito\|de Havilland Mosquito]]es took off to attack the German military camp of [[Wikipedia:Mailly-le-Camp\|Mailly-le-Camp]] in North East France. At 21:15 hours one of those aircraft with 1451670 Flight Sergeant R J Cross as navigator left Spilsby Airfield. Mission accomplished, the aircraft was homeward bound when it was intercepted and shot down by a German Luftwaffe fighter and crashed near [[Wikipedia:Donnemarie-Dontilly\|Dontilly\|]]. 42 of the 346 Lancasters did not return that one night.		He joined the Royal Air Force in October, 1941 and was sent to navigation schools in the USA and Canada before returning to Lincolnshire in January, 1943 to fly with Bomber Command [[Wikipedia:No. 207 Squadron RAF\|207 Squadron]] RAF Lancaster. He made twenty operational flights before taking part in a fateful raid in May 1943 during the German occupation of France. On the night of 3rd May as preparation for the Normandy invasion ([[Wikipedia:Operation Overlord\|Operation Overlord]]) 346 [[Wikipedia:Avro Lancaster\|Avro Lancaster]]s and 14 [[Wikipedia:de Havilland Mosquito\|de Havilland Mosquito]]es took off to attack the German military camp of [[Wikipedia:Mailly-le-Camp\|Mailly-le-Camp]] in North East France. At 21:15 hours one of those aircraft with 1451670 Flight Sergeant R J Cross as navigator left Spilsby Airfield. Mission accomplished, the aircraft was homeward bound when it was intercepted and shot down by a German Luftwaffe fighter and crashed near [[Wikipedia:Donnemarie-Dontilly\|Dontilly]]. 42 of the 346 Lancasters did not return that one night.

	Raymond was buried in [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2021300/DONTILLY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY Dontilly Communal Cemetery]. The words on his gravestone read:		Raymond was buried in [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2021300/DONTILLY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY Dontilly Communal Cemetery]. The words on his gravestone read:
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	*[[:War Memorials]]		*[[:War Memorials]]
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	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

	*[[:War Memorials]]		*[[:War Memorials]]

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	He joined the Royal Air Force in October, 1941 and was sent to navigation schools in the USA and Canada before returning to Lincolnshire in January, 1943 to fly with Bomber Command [[Wikipedia:No. 207 Squadron RAF\|207 Squadron]] RAF Lancaster. He made twenty operational flights before taking part in a fateful raid in May 1943 during the German occupation of France. On the night of 3rd May as preparation for the Normandy invasion ([[Wikipedia:Operation Overlord\|Operation Overlord]]) 346 [[Wikipedia:Avro Lancaster\|Avro Lancaster]]s and 14 [[Wikipedia:de Havilland Mosquito\|de Havilland Mosquito]]es took off to attack the German military camp of [[Wikipedia:Mailly-le-Camp\|Mailly-le-Camp]] in North East France. At 21:15 hours one of those aircraft with 1451670 Flight Sergeant R J Cross as navigator left Spilsby Airfield. Mission accomplished, the aircraft was homeward bound when it was intercepted and shot down by a German Luftwaffe fighter and crashed near [[Wikipedia:Donnemarie-Dontilly\|Dontilly\|]]. 42 of the 346 Lancasters did not return that one night.		He joined the Royal Air Force in October, 1941 and was sent to navigation schools in the USA and Canada before returning to Lincolnshire in January, 1943 to fly with Bomber Command [[Wikipedia:No. 207 Squadron RAF\|207 Squadron]] RAF Lancaster. He made twenty operational flights before taking part in a fateful raid in May 1943 during the German occupation of France. On the night of 3rd May as preparation for the Normandy invasion ([[Wikipedia:Operation Overlord\|Operation Overlord]]) 346 [[Wikipedia:Avro Lancaster\|Avro Lancaster]]s and 14 [[Wikipedia:de Havilland Mosquito\|de Havilland Mosquito]]es took off to attack the German military camp of [[Wikipedia:Mailly-le-Camp\|Mailly-le-Camp]] in North East France. At 21:15 hours one of those aircraft with 1451670 Flight Sergeant R J Cross as navigator left Spilsby Airfield. Mission accomplished, the aircraft was homeward bound when it was intercepted and shot down by a German Luftwaffe fighter and crashed near [[Wikipedia:Donnemarie-Dontilly\|Dontilly\|]]. 42 of the 346 Lancasters did not return that one night.

	Raymond was buried in [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2021300/DONTILLY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY Dontilly Communal Cemetery]~~. He was 26 when he died~~. The words on his gravestone read:		Raymond was buried in [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2021300/DONTILLY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY Dontilly Communal Cemetery]. The words on his gravestone read:

	<blockquote>Theirs was the air<br/>		<blockquote>Theirs was the air<br/>

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'''Raymond Jack Cross''' was born in 1918. His family were millers.

His father was a Police Inspector in Scunthorpe where Raymond began his schooling. The family moved to Donington and then to 48 Tower Road Boston. Raymond entered [[Boston Grammar School]] in 1932. He left in 1934 to take up employment with The Boston Electrical Company but left in 1937 to go to Wakefield Police School for training at the completion of which he joined the Lincolnshire Constabulary at Cleethorpes, then Skegness and, later, Billinghay.

He joined the Royal Air Force in October, 1941 and was sent to navigation schools in the USA and Canada before returning to Lincolnshire in January, 1943 to fly with Bomber Command [[Wikipedia:No. 207 Squadron RAF|207 Squadron]] RAF Lancaster. He made twenty operational flights before taking part in a fateful raid in May 1943 during the German occupation of France. On the night of 3rd May as preparation for the Normandy invasion ([[Wikipedia:Operation Overlord|Operation Overlord]]) 346 [[Wikipedia:Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster]]s and 14 [[Wikipedia:de Havilland Mosquito|de Havilland Mosquito]]es took off to attack the German military camp of [[Wikipedia:Mailly-le-Camp|Mailly-le-Camp]] in North East France. At 21:15 hours one of those aircraft with 1451670 Flight Sergeant R J Cross as navigator left Spilsby Airfield. Mission accomplished, the aircraft was homeward bound when it was intercepted and shot down by a German Luftwaffe fighter and crashed near [[Wikipedia:Donnemarie-Dontilly|Dontilly|]]. 42 of the 346 Lancasters did not return that one night.

Raymond was buried in [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2021300/DONTILLY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY Dontilly Communal Cemetery]. He was 26 when he died. The words on his gravestone read:

<blockquote>Theirs was the air<br/>
Ours is the earth<br/>
Because of them</blockquote>

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[[Category:Students]]

== See Also ==

*[[:War Memorials]]