Dickason Harold Eugene

Name:

Harold Eugene Dickason

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

35339290

Unit:

549th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-02-21

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

F

Row:

2

Grave:

27

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Harold Eugene Dickason was born on December 17, 1921, in Robinson, Illinois. He was married to Martha Marie Calhoun Baker.

Harold served in the 549th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Left Waist Gunner on the B-17 #42-37963 during World War II. On February 21, 1944, bombers were returning to the 385th Bomber Group's base at Great Ashfield, England, from a raid on targets in Germany. The pilot lost control of the plane in the clouds. He collided with another aircraft (B-17 #42-31370) in the formation; a bomber from the 550th Bomb Squadron. Both aircraft crashed into the marshes at Reedham, and all of the crew members of both airplanes were killed.

SSgt Dickason is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.