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235064 Flt.Sgt. Harry Dickinson Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 515 Squadron from:Oldham, Lancashire (d.16th Sept 1944) Harry Dickinson joined the RAF at the start of the war in 1939. He was the second youngest of nine children and approximately three years older than the youngest, his brother (my father) William born in 1921. My father told me how Harry had a fiance named Kathleen. On leave from the Submarine Service in May 1940 my father announced after dinner that he was getting married to my mother, unaware that Harry had planned to announce he was to get married to Kathleen. As such Harry postponed his marriage and sadly died in September 1944 when his aircraft was shot down and crashed on an operation over Germany. The pilot also died. One of the last conversations Harry had with his mother when he was on leave was that they (the crew) had been lucky to get back to England as on more that one occasion they had no fuel left and he said "luck doesn't last forever". My father died aged 91 having lived a full life and still very sad that Harry did not. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**