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DIXON J 894
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DIXON, Jack

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number PB872
Markings P4-X
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Czech Republic
Burial/Memorial Place Prague War Cemetery
Grave Reference II. C. 8..
Epitaph YOU LEFT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY A GRIEF TOO GREAT TO BE TOLD BUT TO THOSE WHO LOVED YOU YOUR MEMORY NEVER GROWS OLD
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 29
Enlistment information
Service Number 1463894
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 1
Squadron 153
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 05-03-1945
End Date 06-03-1945
Takeoff Station Scampton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Chemnitz
Reason for Loss Attacked by a night fighter over eastern Germany and caught fire. It is believed the aircraft was attempting to make a force landing before a wing came off and it crashed at Rossbach, now in the Czech Republic