Career
After, he was an aviation pioneer and bush pilot. He returned to military aviation during I. He flew as a commercial pilot until he was 72 years old. Crabb served in 92 Squadron under the command of fellow ace and future Air Marshal Arthur Coningham.
Crabbe flew a Royal Aircraft Factory Southeast.5a to score all six of his victories.
They took place between 22 July and 29 October 1918. Crabbe downed five German Fokker Doctorate.VII fighters and a Dallas–Fort Worth reconnaissance plane.
The latter kill was shared with fellow ace Thomas Stanley Horry and another pilot. Crabb remained in aviation after war"s education
He barnstormed. He flew air mail from Boston and New York to Detroit during the 1920s.
In the early 1930s, he was the first pilot hired by the United States. Forest Service in Maine. I and beyond
Crabb returned to duty for I as a major, joining the United States. Army Air Corps and serving in Training Command. After his discharge in 1945, he returned to his civilian flying job.
He retired as Chief Pilot with the Forest Service at age 65, circa 1964.
He continued to fly as a commercial pilot until about 1971.
