Dixon, Eric
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Eric |
Surname | Dixon |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 21-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Bruce Dixon and of Doris Agnes Dixon, of Windermere. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ813 |
Markings | NP-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Windermere (Bowness) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | New Part. Grave 692. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 156 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2207089 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Squadron Motto | Strength in unity |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
The Pilot (F/O R J Hampshire), the Navigator (Sgt K D Baracatt) and the Air Bomber (Sgt D R C Glossop) survived the crash |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1050/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1050/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-02-1945 |
End Date | 22-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Worms. 349 aircraft, 11 losses. The only large raid on this town of the war. 1116 tons of high explosives were dropped and the town was said to be 39% destroyed. 64% of the buildings were destroyed including the cathedral and many municipal and cultural buildings. 239 people were killed and 35000 bombed out (from a population of just 58000) |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into trees at Knodishall in Suffolk and caught fire. |