Dyer, John

Title

Dyer, John
J H Dyer

Description

Nine items. The collection concerns Sergeant John Dyer (1217992 Royal Air Force) who was a wireless operator on Lancaster with 106 Squadron and was killed on operations 2 January 1944. Collection contains an account of operation and crew newspaper cuttings and photographs of his crew.

The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Christopher Dyer and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.

Additional information on John Dyer is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2016-01-08

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Dyer, JH

Collection Items

Sergeant Thomas Powell
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing uniform tunic and cadet side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Sergeant Thomas Mallett
Head and shoulders portrait of a sergeant wearing uniform tunic with air gunner brevet and side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Sergeant Stanley Mattick DFM
Head and shoulders portrait of a flight sergeant wearing uniform tunic with air gunner brevet and medal ribbon. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Sergeant John Dyer
Head and shoulder portrait of a sergeant wearing uniform tunic with air gunner brevet. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Sergeant Herbert Walmsley
Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing uniform tunic with flight engineer brevet. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Sergeant Edward Burton
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing uniform tunic and a cadet side cap. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Sergeant Edward Holbourn
Head and shoulders portrait of a pilot wearing uniform tunic. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Newspaper cutting 'Missing airman's grave found' and photograph of J H Dyer grave cross
On the right a newspaper cutting. Mentions that John Dyer failed to return from operation in January 1944. Gives account of RAF Missing Research and Enquiry Service findings on location of crash and the crew's graves. On the left a photograph of a…

T Sgt John Dyer
Note from his niece which gives outline of operation to Berlin on 2 January 1944. Mentions that Missing Research and Enquiry Service contacted his parents with news that his remains had been found and he and rest of crew were buried in the village of…
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Collection Tree

  • Dyer, John