Dawson, John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John |
Surname | Dawson |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Henry and Marie Dawson, of Bognor Regis, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH994 |
Markings | IC-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. H. 2. |
Epitaph | DAYS ARE PASSING YEARS ROLL BY MEMORIES OF JOHN WILL NEVER DIE. MUM AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1386587 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 623 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1943 |
End Date | 04-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 547 aircraft, 24 losses (4.4%). H2S blind marking aircraft overshot the aiming point badly and the visual markers could not compensate due to thick haze. Decoy fires were probably also used by the Germans. The Henschel and Fieseler aircraft factories were hit and the suburb of Wolfshanger was devastated, in part due to an ammunition dump being hit. 118 deaths on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Haste, north of Osnabrück, Germany |