Dawson, Alexander Robertson
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander Robertson |
Surname | Dawson |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George and Catherine W. Dawson, of Edinburgh. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE690 |
Markings | PT- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 29. |
Epitaph | TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1365781 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-03-1943 |
End Date | 13-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 457 aircraft, 23 losses (5.0%). PFF marked using Oboe. Very accurate bombing over the Krupps factory. 500 homes also destroyed. German authorities also reported damage and deaths in neighbouring towns. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Brielle, WSW of Rotterdam |