DICKERSON, Kevin Leslie Thomas
| Service Number: | 421578 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 18 January 1924 |
| Home Town: | Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stanmore Commercial School, Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Public Servant, Post Masters Generals Department, Sydney |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 15 July 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Chevillon Community Cemetery Coll. grave 294 Roll of Honour - Concord New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421578, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 28 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 421578 | |
| 1 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 421578, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
| 15 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421578, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
On the evening of 14th July 1944, with the D Day invasion in full swing, a massive air effort was being mounted to disrupt German transport links.
Having taken off from Binbrock (Lincolnshire-UK) on July 14, 1944, around 9:38 pm, for a bombing mission on the Révigny-sur-Ornain (Meuse) railroad, Lancaster ME755 AR-Z was shot down by a night fighter on the 15th. July 1944 around 02:05, near Chevillon Haute Marne in eastern France..
Only two crew members managed to escape:
FSgt Brian Francis RAFTERY, Wireless Operator, RAAF,
Sgt David WADE, Air Gunner, of the RAF.
The rest died in the crash and are buried at Chevillon Communal Cemetery.
ALLAN, ALEXANDER, Sergeant, 562335, RAFVR, Flight Engineer,
DICKERSON, KEVIN LESLIE THOMAS, Flight Sergeant, 421578, RAAF, Age 20, Bomb Aimer
JEFFRIES, FREDERICK, Flight Sergeant, 1323904, RAFVR, Age 33, Navigator
KILSBY, HORACE SIDNEY, Sergeant, 1575038, RAFVR, Age 21, Air Gunner
VAUGHAN, WILLIAM ALAN HENRY, Pilot Officer, 421774, RAAF, Age 25, Pilot
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