Background
Crawford-Crompton was born in Invercargill, New Zealand on 2 March 1915.
Crawford-Crompton was born in Invercargill, New Zealand on 2 March 1915.
After the war, he went on to serve as a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1939. In 1941 he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a pilot officer
He was then posted as a pilot to Number.
485 Squadron RNZAF. He took part in Operation Overlord and destroyed four enemy aircraft in July 1944 during that operation. Following the end of the Second World War, Crawford-Crompton transferred from the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve to the regular Royal Air Force.
After several staff tours, he commanded Royal Air Force Bruggen and then Royal Air Force Gamil. After several more senior appointments, he was promoted to air vice marshal and took up the post of Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Forces in Cyprus.
His final tour was as Air Officer Commanding Number.
22 Group Royal Air Force.
