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Input Aircraft
Aircraft	Database entry
Fokker G-1	G-1
Fokker D.21	D-XXI
Douglas D8	D8
Fokker C.5	C-V
Fokker T-8	T-8
Arado 66	Ar 66
Messerschmitt 109	Bf 109
Messerschmitt 262	Me 262
Dakota (RAF)	Dakota
C-47 (USAAF)	C-47
Fotress (RAF)	Fortress
B-17 (USAAF)	B-17
DeHavilland Moth	D.H.60
Fieseler Storch	Fi 156
Focke Wulf 200	Fw 200

Input Date
Date	Database entry
22nd June 43	22-06-43
15th October 42	15-10-42
5th March 43	05-03-43

Input Unit
Unit	Database entry
all on KG 4	/KG 4
all on JG 1	/JG 1
4FG/335FS	/335FS
all on 106 Sqdn	106 Sqdn
91BG/323BS	323BS
1 Lvr	1 Lvr

Evader chart: E0920
SGLO	Date crash	Aircraft
T5082	05-01-45	Halifax
MilRank	First Name(s)	Name
Sgt.	Ralph Hall	Dickson
Milregnr.	Nationality	Born
994641	British

Returned Y/N	Evader Fate	Date Captured/Liberated	Place Captured/Liberated	Escape Line
Yes	EVD	9 Apr 45	Haarle	-

Evader Story
Sgt. Ralph Hall Dickson was the rear gunner of Halifax NR251. On the return journey, after bombing Hanover, the bomber was attacked by a night fighter. After a second attack only one engine remained, and the pilot, F/Lt. A. Elliott, therefore gave the order to bail out. Six crew members survived. Only Elliot was killed in the crash. Dickson landed at 300 meters from the house of Willem Jacob Anton Ericus de Kempenaer at Sprengenberg in Haarle. De Kempenaer brought Dickson to a hide out in a nearby forest. Soon after he was joined here by the wireless operator/air gunner, F/Sgt. P.D. Watson (E0923). After De Kempenaer had found a hiding place, the two airmen were escorted, with the help of a 'Mr. Klein of the Haarle underground' to the house/farm of family Willem Rensen at de Bathemerwerg in Haarle (Haarle C-146, Nijverdal). The two remained here until the liberation of Haarle on 9 April 1945.
* H.W. Poorterman, Van bezetting naar bevrijding. 1940-1945 in Nijverdal, Hellendoorn, Marle, Haarle, Daarle, Hulsen Eversberg (Enschede 1978), page 42-46 * National Archives, Washington, NAID: 286682825 - NAID: 286647759

Evader Story

						Sgt. Ralph Hall Dickson was the rear gunner of Halifax NR251. On the return journey, after bombing Hanover, the bomber was attacked by a night fighter. After a second attack only one engine remained, and the pilot, F/Lt. A. Elliott, therefore gave the order to bail out. Six crew members survived. Only Elliot was killed in the crash. Dickson landed at 300 meters from the house of Willem Jacob Anton Ericus de Kempenaer at Sprengenberg in Haarle. De Kempenaer brought Dickson to a hide out in a nearby forest. Soon after he was joined here by the wireless operator/air gunner, F/Sgt. P.D. Watson (E0923). After De Kempenaer had found a hiding place, the two airmen were escorted, with the help of a 'Mr. Klein of the Haarle underground' to the house/farm of family Willem Rensen at de Bathemerwerg in Haarle (Haarle C-146, Nijverdal). The two remained here until the liberation of Haarle on 9 April 1945.

Source(s)

* H.W. Poorterman, Van bezetting naar bevrijding. 1940-1945 in Nijverdal, Hellendoorn, Marle, Haarle, Daarle, Hulsen Eversberg (Enschede 1978), page 42-46
* National Archives, Washington, NAID: 286682825 - NAID: 286647759

Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945