Flight Sergeant John Henry Dillon SN: R/82496
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: No.4 R.A.F. Bomber Command
Squadron: 158 R.A.F.
Air Field: RAF Station Lissett, Yorkshire, England
Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax Mk.II #HR757, Radio call sign NP-M
Duties: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Deceased: Aged 27
Crash Site: North-West suburbs of Hamburg
Mission: Hit by flak during night bombing of Berlin, Germany.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Warrant Officer Harry Holcombe - Pilot Age 25
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Henry Frederick Roger Stettiner - Bomb-aimer Age 33
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Thomas Dawson - Flight Engineer Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Ernest Milne - Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Robert McGregor Wilson - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 28
R.C.A.F. Flight Sergeant Harold Vernon Tracey - Navigator Age 26
Citation(s):
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with silver clasp & Bomber Command Bar and War Medal 1939-1945
Memorial(s):
- Page 153 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta, Canada
- Panel 155 / Phase 2, International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Memorial, Canwick Hill, Lincoln City, England
Next of Kin: Son of William P. and Mary E. Dillon, of Braeside, Ontario, Canada.
Click on the following link to view the Dillon family's cenotaph to their son
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: No.4 R.A.F. Bomber Command
Squadron: 158 R.A.F.
Air Field: RAF Station Lissett, Yorkshire, England
Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax Mk.II #HR757, Radio call sign NP-M
Duties: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Deceased: Aged 27
Crash Site: North-West suburbs of Hamburg
Mission: Hit by flak during night bombing of Berlin, Germany.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Warrant Officer Harry Holcombe - Pilot Age 25
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Henry Frederick Roger Stettiner - Bomb-aimer Age 33
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Thomas Dawson - Flight Engineer Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Ernest Milne - Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Robert McGregor Wilson - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 28
R.C.A.F. Flight Sergeant Harold Vernon Tracey - Navigator Age 26
Citation(s):
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with silver clasp & Bomber Command Bar and War Medal 1939-1945
Memorial(s):
- Page 153 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta, Canada
- Panel 155 / Phase 2, International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Memorial, Canwick Hill, Lincoln City, England
Next of Kin: Son of William P. and Mary E. Dillon, of Braeside, Ontario, Canada.
Click on the following link to view the Dillon family's cenotaph to their son
Flight Sergeant John Henry Dillon SN: R/82496
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: No.4 R.A.F. Bomber Command
Squadron: 158 R.A.F.
Air Field: RAF Station Lissett, Yorkshire, England
Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax Mk.II #HR757, Radio call sign NP-M
Duties: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Deceased: Aged 27
Crash Site: North-West suburbs of Hamburg
Mission: Hit by flak during night bombing of Berlin, Germany.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Warrant Officer Harry Holcombe - Pilot Age 25
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Henry Frederick Roger Stettiner - Bomb-aimer Age 33
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Thomas Dawson - Flight Engineer Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Ernest Milne - Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Robert McGregor Wilson - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 28
R.C.A.F. Flight Sergeant Harold Vernon Tracey - Navigator Age 26
Citation(s):
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with silver clasp & Bomber Command Bar and War Medal 1939-1945
Memorial(s):
- Page 153 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta, Canada
- Panel 155 / Phase 2, International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Memorial, Canwick Hill, Lincoln City, England
Next of Kin: Son of William P. and Mary E. Dillon, of Braeside, Ontario, Canada.
Click on the following link to view the Dillon family's cenotaph to their son
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: No.4 R.A.F. Bomber Command
Squadron: 158 R.A.F.
Air Field: RAF Station Lissett, Yorkshire, England
Aircraft: Handley Page Halifax Mk.II #HR757, Radio call sign NP-M
Duties: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Deceased: Aged 27
Crash Site: North-West suburbs of Hamburg
Mission: Hit by flak during night bombing of Berlin, Germany.
Perished with fellow crew members;
R.A.F.V.R. Warrant Officer Harry Holcombe - Pilot Age 25
R.A.F.V.R. Flight Sergeant Henry Frederick Roger Stettiner - Bomb-aimer Age 33
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Thomas Dawson - Flight Engineer Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Ernest Milne - Air Gunner Age 22
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Robert McGregor Wilson - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Age 28
R.C.A.F. Flight Sergeant Harold Vernon Tracey - Navigator Age 26
Citation(s):
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with silver clasp & Bomber Command Bar and War Medal 1939-1945
Memorial(s):
- Page 153 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta, Canada
- Panel 155 / Phase 2, International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) Memorial, Canwick Hill, Lincoln City, England
Next of Kin: Son of William P. and Mary E. Dillon, of Braeside, Ontario, Canada.
Click on the following link to view the Dillon family's cenotaph to their son
Inscription
Service No: R/82496 Flight Sergeant
J.H. Dillon
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Royal Canadian Air Force
30th March 1943 Age 27
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