Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- J A Dixon -

Name

John Arthur Glanville Dixon, son of Richard Corless Dixon and Mahala Dixon, of Cowes, Isle of Wight.
 
WW II names are not recorded on the Cowes War Memorial

See the Cowes Virtual War Memorial Page

Glan Dixon is commemorated on the East Cowes War Memorial

Service details

Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1602182 J A Dixon, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

Date of Death :	28 June 1944 aged 21
Where buried or commemorated :	Bransles Communal Cemetery
Squadron :	106 Sqn
Aircraft :	Avro Lancaster Mk.III JB664 ZN-N
Crew :
Pilot :	P/O N W Easby	CWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :	Sgt E P Richomme	CWGC record ...
Navigator :	F/Sgt A Robinson	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator :	Sgt G A Collison	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt L K Webb	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt D Hetherington	CWGC record ...

The aircraft took off at 22:55 hrs from RAF Metheringham to bomb a rail yard at Vitry, France. It crashed 2 km East of Bransles, Seine-et-Marne. All the crew were buried in a collective grave in the village Cemetery. Sergeant Dixon came from Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth