Air Commodore Henry George Crowe CBE, MC (11 June 1897 – 26 April 1983) was a World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories.
He returned to Ireland in 1913 for further schooling, attending Trinity College, Dublin as an engineering student.
[1] Henry George Crowe entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Gentleman Cadet in November 1915.
[2] On 23 January 1918, he was officially assigned to 20 Squadron as a Flying Officer Observer,[2] although he had already jumped the gun and scored his first three victories by then.
On 1 April 1918, he was shot down by antiaircraft fire, in a crash that totally destroyed his Bristol F.2 Fighter, but escaped unharmed.
On 12 April 1918, he and Douglas Graham Cooke returned from a special mission with their Bristol F.2 Fighter bullet riddled; again, he was unhurt.
Manning the guns for Thomas Colville-Jones, Douglas Graham Cooke, or Ernest Lindup, Crowe had destroyed four German planes and driven down four more out of control.
[6] Whilst stationed at Fermoy, County Cork, Crowe had occasion to become involved in military operations in the Munster region, although his official role was to provide lectures to the Army on air cooperation.
[2] On 8 January 1930, he was promoted from flight lieutenant to squadron leader,[12] and spent the next three years as Staff, Deputy Directorate of Organization.
[2] On 8 June 1944, Air Commodore Henry George Crowe was named to be a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.