In Memory Of

DIXON, JOHN WILLIAM

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 47248
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Unit:
 11 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1941-02-22
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. F. 14.
Cemetery:
 NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Kenya
Additional Information
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