Dawson, Leonard Bert
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Leonard Bert |
Surname | Dawson |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert George and Lilian Maud Dawson, of Hornsey, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW169 |
Markings | QB-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Pol War Cemetry |
Grave Reference | Row F. Grave 10. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM (Extract from For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 183922 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 424 (Tiger) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian personnel who served at RAF Skipton on Swale during WW2, including 424 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-07-1944 |
End Date | 06-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Mimoyecques- to attack a flying bomb site. Part of a 551 bomber daylight raid on five V-bomb sites. Four of the sites were clear and bombing was reported to be accurate but the Mimoyecques site was cloud-covered so no results are known. Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire was Master Bomber on the Mimoyecques raid and this was to be his last operation after he was ordered to rest, since he was now at the end of his fourth tour having completed 100 operational sorties. Two months later he was awarded the VC. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed south of St Pol in the Pas-de-Calais, France |