Dillon, John Vinton
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | John Vinton |
Surname | Dillon |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Thomas Dillon and Olive Vinton Dillon, of Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | LW242 |
Markings | VR-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. K. 18. |
Epitaph | BORN OCTOBER 24TH 1918 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. BELOVED SON OF FRED AND OLIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 155 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/109988 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/44 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/43 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-11-1943 |
End Date | 27-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 178 aircraft on a diversionary raid alongside a raid on Berlin. 6 Halifaxes Lost (3.4%). Bombing was very scattered and caused little damage, although part of the night-fighter force was drawn off from the Berlin raid. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have crashed near Sankt Ingbert, Germany |