W E M Dean
Flight Lieutenant · 
United Kingdom
- Died
- 3 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Flight Lieutenant W E M Dean served as the pilot of Lancaster NF964 with No. 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 3 January 1945 the aircraft was shot down on the raid on Dortmund. He was killed in action. He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Pilot with No. 622 Squadron.
- Operation (3 January 1945) — aircraft NF964 GI-L (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Veral Clarence Bullock (Bomb aimer) · H R Willicombe (Flight engineer) · R Harland (Mid-upper gunner) · L G Mead (Navigator) · G W Brown (Rear gunner) · J Macfarlane (Wireless operator)
Timeline
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3 January 1945
Flew Operation
Pilot, NF964 GI-L — Failed to return - 3 January 1945 Died
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 7 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 3 January 1945: Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Bremen · Berlin · Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Dortmund. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)