Dennis John Dean Powell
Sergeant · 644741 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 16 September 1943, aged 21
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 2 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 16 September 1943: Operation Garlic · Modane. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Flight engineer, ED886 AJ-O — Returned -
15 September 1943
Flew Operation Garlic
Flight engineer, EE144 AJ-S — Failed to return -
16 September 1943
Died
aged 21
Crew & operations
Flew as Flight engineer with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED886 AJ-O (Avro Lancaster) — Returned
Crew: C E Franklin (Bomb aimer) · D E Webb (Front gunner) · C L Howard (Navigator) · W C Townsend (Pilot) · R Wilkinson (Rear gunner) · G A Chalmers (Wireless operator)
Flew as Flight engineer with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Garlic (15 September 1943) — aircraft EE144 AJ-S (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Frederick Michael Spafford (Bomb aimer) · George Andrew Deering (Front gunner) · Thomas Alfred Meikle (Mid-upper gunner) · Torger Harlo Taerum (Navigator) · George Walton Holden (Pilot) · Henry James Pringle (Rear gunner) · Robert Edward George Hutchison (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: POWELL, DENNIS JOHN DEAN → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission