Turner, Dalton Arnold
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Dalton Arnold |
Surname | Turner |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | John Stephen Turner and Zephyr Victoria Turner (née Weir) of Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED720 |
Markings | ZN-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambrai (Route De Solesmes) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row B. Grave 14. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 109 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/111837 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Martin, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Airmen of 106 Sqn who gave their lives in the 1939-45 War |
Location | Former Airfield Site, Martin Moor, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick moument with inscribed Slate Tablets & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the airmen and airwomen who served on 106 Sqn in WW2. 995 gave their lives |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 13th November 1920 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-07-1943 |
End Date | 09-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Intercepted at 02.05hrs by a night-fighter flown by Oblt Friedrich Graeff Stab 1/NJG 4. During the attack the Lancaster slipped into cloud cover and visual contact was lost. A few minutes later the Lancaster re-emerged from cloud and collided with the night-fighter. The Lancaster exploded, badly damaging the Bf110-G2. Graeff was badly injured (he lost an eye) but managed to bale out but his two crew were not so fortunate: Uhz Heinrich Koehler & Ofw Paul Scheurmann were both killed when the Bf110 impacted at Wigneghies. The Lancaster crashed between Quivy & Solesmes at Fontaine Au Tertre to the East of Cambrai. Graeff survived the war but did not add any further victories to his tally. |