Lt. Ernest Percy Crossen scrapbook

[Guest]

I was at a flea market in Richmond, Va about a year ago and acquired a scrapbook that belonged to a Lt. Ernest Percy Crossen. It contains items from 1911 up to 1941 and many of them are from his time in the RAF during the Great War. I am trying to find the right place for this scrapbook. I want to find an organization or museum to donate it to that can preserve it. Some of the items are starting to deteriorate. I would appreciate any suggestions. 

Edited 8 October , 2019 by Guest
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[MaxD]

Welcome Fishlure - quite a find.

 

My first thought would be the family rather than an institution although that is easier said than done.  As well as his RAF record on Findmypast, there is a record which is surely him of him becoming a US citizen in 1942 in Chicago (Illinois Northern District Naturalization Index - transcription only seen).  That may explain the stuff being found in the USA.

 

Max

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[Guest]

Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon. Seems absolutely spot on for them.

(or-anywhere on the planet except Imperial War Museum)

[helpjpl]

Not what you asked for but may be of interest.

 

1.  Crossen survived a number of flying accidents:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/files/names_combined_C.txt

 

2.  Lieut W E Durant is Wilfrid Ellis Durant of 29 Squadron. Shot down and killed in aerial combat on 2 July 1918 while flying an S.E.5a Scout in the vicinity of St Omer:

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/20030/durant,-wilfrid-ellis/

 

JP

 

 

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[Errol Martyn]

Fishnlure,

 

Thanks for posting. An interesting collection.

 

Errol