Collins, Dennis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Dennis |
Surname | Collins |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reginald Stanley Collins and Dorothy Mabel Collins, of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF343 |
Markings | HA-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave H. 38-39. |
Epitaph | VALIANT HEART" (L.A.W.) "THEY LIVE ON EARTH IN THOUGHT AND DEED AS TRULY AS IN HEAVEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 146 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1376372 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-03-1943 |
End Date | 12-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (33% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 314 aircraft, 11 losses (3.5%). PFF claimed accurate marking but the Germans used decoy markers for the first time. Consequently, most of the bombs fell on open countryside. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed SW of Dieppe |