Dawson, Ernest Albert Wesley (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-July-13
Birth Date: 1916-November-14
Born: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Parents: Son of Ernest Victor Dawson and Florence Beatrice (nee Reeves) Dawson of Toronto, Ontario
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1942-June-19
Service
RCAF
Unit
142 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Determination
Base
RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/88669
Prev: R/175019
Home
Toronto, Ontario
Target
Milan Italy
Temporary Burial
Buried near crash site by local partisans
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
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Wellington HE293
Mission
Wellington B. Mk. X HE293
Bombing Milan Italy 1944-July-13 to 1944-July-13
142 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy
142 Squadron (Determination) RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy. Wellington BX aircraft HE 293-D had been struck by flak and was struggling in poor weather conditions when it crashed in the Passo della Portula, near Bergamo, 50 miles north east of the target, the Lambrate Marshalling Yards in Milan, Italy
Pilot Officer E A W Dawson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G E Smith (RCAF), Flight Sergeant K E Fairclough (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant W Kirkland (RAFVR) were all killed in action and were buried by local partisans near the crash site. They were later exhumed and now rest in the Milan War Cemetery.
Wellington HE293 B. Mk. X - Bombing Milan Italy - 1944-07-13 to 1944-07-13
Squadron: 142 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-13
Completion Date: 1944-07-13
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Milan Italy
Target Specific: Lambrate Marshalling Yards
Base: RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: D
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Italy
Crash Specifics: Passo della Portula, near Bergamo
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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142 Squadron (Determination) RAF Regina, Foggia, Italy. Wellington BX aircraft HE 293-D had been struck by flak and was struggling in poor weather conditions when it crashed in the Passo della Portula, near Bergamo, 50 miles north east of the target, the Lambrate Marshalling Yards in Milan, Italy
Pilot Officer E A W Dawson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant G E Smith (RCAF), Flight Sergeant K E Fairclough (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant E Berwick (RAFVR) and Sergeant W Kirkland (RAFVR) were all killed in action and were buried by local partisans near the crash site. They were later exhumed and now rest in the Milan War Cemetery.
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