Flight Sergeant Ian Clarke DUNN
Service No: 404927
Born: Laidley QLD, 11 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 12 Squadron Wellington II aircraft Z8579), Netherlands, 3 July 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Laren (Barchem) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Dunn, of Laidley, Queensland, Australia B.A. (Queensland)
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2335 hours on 2 July 1942, Wellington Z8579 took off from Binbrook to attack Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 0249 hours at Barchem (Gelderland), 4 km south south east of Lochem, Holland. Three crew members were killed and two were taken prisoner.
The crew members of Z8579 were:
Sergeant Geoffrey Hugh Butler-Williams (402848) (RNZAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Ian Clarke Dunn (404927) (Pilot)
Sergeant David Evans (1313522) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flight Sergeant K W Hawkins (948556) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW
Sergeant S Morris (1073118) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
In a later report Sergeant Morris stated "The aircraft crashed at Lochem, Holland. Sergeant Williams, Dunn and Evans were still in the aircraft when I left. Both Williams and Evans were killed in the engagement with an enemy night fighter when the aircraft exploded. Hawkins was a POW." Sergeant Hawkins reported "Morris baled out before me, and the other three were still in the aircraft. Morris is a PoW like myself."
Service No: 404927
Born: Laidley QLD, 11 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 12 Squadron Wellington II aircraft Z8579), Netherlands, 3 July 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Laren (Barchem) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Dunn, of Laidley, Queensland, Australia B.A. (Queensland)
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2335 hours on 2 July 1942, Wellington Z8579 took off from Binbrook to attack Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 0249 hours at Barchem (Gelderland), 4 km south south east of Lochem, Holland. Three crew members were killed and two were taken prisoner.
The crew members of Z8579 were:
Sergeant Geoffrey Hugh Butler-Williams (402848) (RNZAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Ian Clarke Dunn (404927) (Pilot)
Sergeant David Evans (1313522) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flight Sergeant K W Hawkins (948556) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW
Sergeant S Morris (1073118) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
In a later report Sergeant Morris stated "The aircraft crashed at Lochem, Holland. Sergeant Williams, Dunn and Evans were still in the aircraft when I left. Both Williams and Evans were killed in the engagement with an enemy night fighter when the aircraft exploded. Hawkins was a POW." Sergeant Hawkins reported "Morris baled out before me, and the other three were still in the aircraft. Morris is a PoW like myself."
Flight Sergeant Ian Clarke DUNN
Service No: 404927
Born: Laidley QLD, 11 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 12 Squadron Wellington II aircraft Z8579), Netherlands, 3 July 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Laren (Barchem) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Dunn, of Laidley, Queensland, Australia B.A. (Queensland)
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2335 hours on 2 July 1942, Wellington Z8579 took off from Binbrook to attack Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 0249 hours at Barchem (Gelderland), 4 km south south east of Lochem, Holland. Three crew members were killed and two were taken prisoner.
The crew members of Z8579 were:
Sergeant Geoffrey Hugh Butler-Williams (402848) (RNZAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Ian Clarke Dunn (404927) (Pilot)
Sergeant David Evans (1313522) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flight Sergeant K W Hawkins (948556) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW
Sergeant S Morris (1073118) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
In a later report Sergeant Morris stated "The aircraft crashed at Lochem, Holland. Sergeant Williams, Dunn and Evans were still in the aircraft when I left. Both Williams and Evans were killed in the engagement with an enemy night fighter when the aircraft exploded. Hawkins was a POW." Sergeant Hawkins reported "Morris baled out before me, and the other three were still in the aircraft. Morris is a PoW like myself."
Service No: 404927
Born: Laidley QLD, 11 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 12 Squadron Wellington II aircraft Z8579), Netherlands, 3 July 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Laren (Barchem) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Dunn, of Laidley, Queensland, Australia B.A. (Queensland)
Roll of Honour: Coburg VIC
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2335 hours on 2 July 1942, Wellington Z8579 took off from Binbrook to attack Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 0249 hours at Barchem (Gelderland), 4 km south south east of Lochem, Holland. Three crew members were killed and two were taken prisoner.
The crew members of Z8579 were:
Sergeant Geoffrey Hugh Butler-Williams (402848) (RNZAF) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Ian Clarke Dunn (404927) (Pilot)
Sergeant David Evans (1313522) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flight Sergeant K W Hawkins (948556) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) PoW
Sergeant S Morris (1073118) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
In a later report Sergeant Morris stated "The aircraft crashed at Lochem, Holland. Sergeant Williams, Dunn and Evans were still in the aircraft when I left. Both Williams and Evans were killed in the engagement with an enemy night fighter when the aircraft exploded. Hawkins was a POW." Sergeant Hawkins reported "Morris baled out before me, and the other three were still in the aircraft. Morris is a PoW like myself."
Gravesite Details
404927. Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force. Age 27. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Dunn, of Laidley, Queensland, Australia. B.A. (Queensland). Plot 2, Row A, Joint grave 6.
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