Dickens, Emily Marjorie
Personal Information
Rank | ACW1 |
Forename(s) | Emily Marjorie |
Surname | Dickens |
Gender | F |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Daughter of Albert Joseph and Emily Dickens, of Dunstable |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE854 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dunstable Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. J. Grave 413 |
Epitaph | OUR BELOVED DAUGHTER" HER UNCLE, GNR.L.C.DICKENS DIED WHILST PRISONER OF WAR AT TONCHAN, SOUTH THAILAND 23RD JUNE 1943 AGE 32 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | SP |
Panel Number | 271 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2021702 |
Service | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 26 OTU |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Old Airfield Site, Wing, Buckinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of ACW(1st Class) Emily Dickens aged 22, Wellington HE854, 9 June 1944 |
Location | Old Airfield Site, Wing, Buckinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial, Stencilled Composite Panels & Info Board |
Memorial Text | In memory of thousands trained at RAF Wing who lost their lives during training. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-06-1944 |
End Date | 09-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wing |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Night flying |
Reason for Loss | Crashed back onto the airfield ten minutes after take off, bursting into flames. Wreckage was spread over a wide area and a Wellington X (HE786) and a Tomahawk IIb (AK116), which were loaded on a “Queen Mary” transporter parked near No.4 Hanger, were also destroyed. Three WAAFs and one male were killed on the ground. |