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Flying Officer Frederick Allen Dixon

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Flying Officer Frederick Allen Dixon Veteran

Birth
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
16 Jun 1944 (aged 27)
Buttermere, Allerdale Borough, Cumbria, England
Burial
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Sec. A. Grave 986.
Memorial ID
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F/O (P) Frederick Allan DIXON, #22 OTU,
J/35425, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer Dixon was 26 years old on June 16, 1944 when he was killed, leaving behind a wife and a 6-month-old son whom he had never seen. His Wellington Bomber #HZ 715 was on an aerial operation in Northern England, when it flew through a cloud and hit a hill at Buttermere, Cumberland, Scotland. He is buried in Blacon Cemetery, Chester.


Son of Alfred Alonzo Dixon and Sarah (Thrasher) Dixon of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Maud Elizabeth (Brown) Dixon of Toronto, Ontario.
F/O (P) Frederick Allan DIXON, #22 OTU,
J/35425, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer Dixon was 26 years old on June 16, 1944 when he was killed, leaving behind a wife and a 6-month-old son whom he had never seen. His Wellington Bomber #HZ 715 was on an aerial operation in Northern England, when it flew through a cloud and hit a hill at Buttermere, Cumberland, Scotland. He is buried in Blacon Cemetery, Chester.


Son of Alfred Alonzo Dixon and Sarah (Thrasher) Dixon of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Maud Elizabeth (Brown) Dixon of Toronto, Ontario.

Inscription

Flying Officer
F.A. DIXON
Pilot
Royal Canadian Air Force
16th June 1944


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  • Maintained by: ohSunnyOne
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56184042/frederick_allen-dixon: accessed ), memorial page for Flying Officer Frederick Allen Dixon (6 Jun 1917–16 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56184042, citing Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England; Maintained by ohSunnyOne (contributor 47178112).