Lionel Crabb

"Buster Crabb" redirects here. For the American swimmer and actor, see Buster Crabbe. For the culinary "Buster crab", see Soft-shell crab.
Lieutenant-Commander

Lionel Crabb

OBE GM
Crabb, April 1944
NicknameBuster
Born(1909-01-28)28 January 1909
London, England
Died19 April 1956(1956-04-19) (aged 47) (presumed dead)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Service years1941–1947
RankLieutenant-Commander
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of the British Empire
George Medal
Other workMI6 diver

Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Kenneth Philip Crabb, OBE, GM (28 January 1909 – presumed dead 19 April 1956), known as Buster Crabb, was a Royal Navy frogman and diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for MI6 around a Soviet Navy cruiser berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956.

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