DAMBUSTERS Powell, Dennis John Dean

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Powell ​

• FORENAME

Dennis John Dean ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F. ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

644741 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 16.B.13-16 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1922 Sidcup,Kent​

son of Easton Walter and Ada Winifred (nee Dean) Powell,Sidcup,Kent​

RAF 1939​

Linton-Ouse 22.5.1939​

Cosford 12.8.1939​

10 B&G School 19.1.1940​

2 STT 8.11.1940​

1 AAS 9.1.1941​

4 STT 28.7.1941​

49 Squadron 12.10.1942​

617 Squadron 26.3.1943​

award Mention in Despatches (7.6.1943) (unit ?)​

flight engineer​

Lancaster EE144​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

hit by flak and crashed Altendorf,Germany​

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