Wilkins, Dennis George Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Dennis George Edward |
Surname | Wilkins |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward C. Wilkins and Edith M. Wilkins, of Hilsea, Portsmouth. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | EB190 |
Markings | GG-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 44 (Croucher). Row 17. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | TIME TAKES AWAY THE EDGE OF GRIEF, BUT MEMORY TURNS BACK EVERY LEAF |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1601075 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 1667 HCU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside location, adjacent to Sandtoft airfield, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone obolisk and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served and died at RAF Sandtoft during Word War II |
Location | Eastern end of former main runway, Faldingworth, Lincolnshire * PRIVATE PROPERTY * |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone sculpture and inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | 1667 HCU RAF 1943 To those who tyranny threatened flew from this runway, some never to return and to those who supported them on the ground, we remember you all |
Miscellaneous Information
Rushed to Doncaster Royal Infirmary but died soon after admission. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-07-1944 |
End Date | 25-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Sandtoft |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night flying exercise |
Reason for Loss | Dived from 400' just two minutes after takeoff and crashed NE of Doncaster |