Cecil Gordon Dear
Warrant Officer · 926813 · 
British
- Died
- 6 January 1945, aged 23
- Fate
- Killed in flying accident
Warrant Officer Cecil Gordon Dear (926813) of the British air forces was killed in a flying accident on 6 January 1945, aged 23. He is commemorated at Southampton (hollybrook) Cemetery, United Kingdom (Section M.8. Grave 85.).
Explore: others commemorated at Southampton (hollybrook) Cemetery · others who died on 6 January
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner .
- Lost on LN553 (Vickers Wellington) — Crashed on return
Crew: Peter Hixon Cain (Other) · Barry Campbell Hay (Other) · Frank R Ford (Other) · Cecil Maurice Field (Other) · John Frederick Bartholomew (Other) · Beverley John Wentworth Thomson (Pilot)
Timeline
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6 January 1945
Lost in Vickers Wellington LN553
Rear gunner -
6 January 1945
Died
aged 23
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Southampton (hollybrook) Cemetery, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 3 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 6 January 1945: Royan · Ludwigshafen · Kassel. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)