Watts, Henry Wager Dixon
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Henry Wager Dixon |
Surname | Watts |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 06-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ruth S. G. Watts, of South Kensington, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND895 |
Markings | F2-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Millam Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 10. |
Epitaph | ONCE THERE WAS SUNSHINE, NOW ONLY TWILIGHT. TILL WE MEET AGAIN. MUMMY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 159708 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 635 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2155/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-07-1944 |
End Date | 06-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Wizernes- to attack a flying bomb site. Part of a 542 strong bomber force to attack two V-bomb launch sites and two storage depots. The weather conditions were clear and moonlit. All targets were hit. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Millam, north of St Omer, France |