Dawson, Donald James Vens (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-February-20

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Birth Date: 1923-January-31

Born:

Parents: James G. & ERMA J. Dawson

Spouse:

Home: Smiths Falls, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Elvington

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/88704
Prev: R/166162

Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 249

77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri) RAF Elvington, Halifax V aircraft LL 184 KN-K failed to return from night operations against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig, Germany, believed shot down into the North Sea off Holland by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11/NJG 1 flying a Bf 110 G-4

Pilot Officer DJV Dawson (RCAF), Flying Officer TR Swinton (RCAF), Warrant Officer J Dunlop (RAFVR), Sergeant CS Foster (RAFVR), Sergeant CE Jones (RAF) and Sergeant W Neil (RAFVR) were missing, believed killed. They have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

The body of one crew member, Sergeant BR Garfield (RAFVR) was recovered May 19, 1944 and buried at the Bergen-Op-Zoom Cemetery in the Netherlands

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