Dimmock, Harold Edgar
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Harold Edgar |
Surname | Dimmock |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Kitty Irene Dimmock. Husband of Alice Irene Dimmock, of Holland Park, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8533 |
Markings | PH-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. J. 4. |
Epitaph | EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 29 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 404819 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Miscellaneous Information
His brother 405300 F/Sgt Thomas Dimmock was also lost in Bomber Command - see losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/106218. They are commemorated side by on the memorial walls. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1942 |
End Date | 03-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Molenbeersed in Belgium |