Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 279
Dawkins, Gerald Bryan (Flying Officer)
Prisoner of War 1942-January-14
Birth Date: 1920-January-16
Born: Coventry, England
Parents:
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
207 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Semper Paratus Always prepared
Base
RAF Bottesford
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
114248
Prev: 741869
PoW: 1417
Target
Hamburg Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Manchester L7309
Mission
Manchester L7309
Bombing 1942-January-14 to 1942-January-14
207 (B) Sqn (RAF)
207 City of Leicester Squadron (Semper paratus), RAF Bottesford. Manchester Mk I aircraft L 7309 EM-O was lost on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The bomber was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of 5/NJG2 but also claimed by heavy flak battery Mobile Flak Abteilung 252 and crashed in a field near the Jevers Luftwaffe base at Sandelermons, Jever, Niedersachsen, Germany
Sergeant James Wilfred Cadman (RAFVR) was killed in action
The balance of this crew survived to become Prisoners of War: Warrant Officer Class 1 Emmanuel George Robert Bestel (RCAF), Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Allen (RAFVR), Flying Officer Gerald Bryan Dawkins DFM (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant Patrick James Edwards (RAFVR) and Sergeant John Mercer (RAFVR)
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Jever AFB: 1 killed I Bureau of...
Manchester L7309 - Bombing - 1942-01-14 to 1942-01-14
Squadron: 207 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-01-14
Completion Date: 1942-01-14
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base:
Take Off Time: 17:09:00
Squadron Code: EM-O
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near the Jevers Luftwaffe base at Sandelermons, Jever, Niedersachsen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flakfighter
Flak Battery: Mobile Flak Abteilung 252
Enemy Claim: Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of 5/NJG2
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207 City of Leicester Squadron (Semper paratus), RAF Bottesford. Manchester Mk I aircraft L 7309 EM-O was lost on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The bomber was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of 5/NJG2 but also claimed by heavy flak battery Mobile Flak Abteilung 252 and crashed in a field near the Jevers Luftwaffe base at Sandelermons, Jever, Niedersachsen, Germany
Sergeant James Wilfred Cadman (RAFVR) was killed in action
The balance of this crew survived to become Prisoners of War: Warrant Officer Class 1 Emmanuel George Robert Bestel (RCAF), Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Allen (RAFVR), Flying Officer Gerald Bryan Dawkins DFM (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant Patrick James Edwards (RAFVR) and Sergeant John Mercer (RAFVR)
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Jever AFB: 1 killed I Bureau of...