Service Details
Name:
 DIXON
Given Name:
 JOHN WILLIAM
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 47248
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 11 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-02-22
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down, in Fairey Battle Mk I #926. Managed to bale out. He was taken prisoner and an Italian officer ordered a native NCO to escort him to headquarters. On the way Dixon apparently boasted of having taking part in recent raids on Mogadishu, where a lot of locals had been killed. His guard of locally recruited colonial troops at once sentenced him to death and shot him
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. F. 14.

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