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Military service
Service number:
J/88669
Age:
27
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
142 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
November 14, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 19, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave V. D. 1-5.
Additional information
Son of Ernest and Florence Dawson of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
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Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28 -
Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28 P/O (N) Dawson was serving on 142 (RAF) Squadron when Wellington aircraft HE 293 crashed in the Pass of Portula, 50 miles NE of Turin, Italy. The target the night of July 13, 1944 was the Lambrake marshalling yards at Milan, Italy. Another Canadian, 20-year old F/S (BA) George E. Smith, of Regina, Sask., was also killed. They are buried in the War Cemetery at Milan, Italy. [Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.] -
Grave marker
Photo of grave marker from find-a-grave website Milan Cemetery -
Letter
RCAF letter re crash and aircrew on Wellington aircraft. -
Letter
RCAF letter to P/O Dawson's wife. -
Photo of Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Official RCAF photo. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 287 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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