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Remembering World War II
Boyd Allison Dakin
R/76026
Flight Sergeant
415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
February 20, 1921
South Berwick, Kings Co., NS
October 9, 1940
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Berwick, NS
19
5 feet, 7¾ inches
Medium
Blue
Brown
Mechanic
Baptist
Single
Boyd Allison Dakin (Father) Berwick, NS
June 28, 1942
21
Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave 70
Commemorated on Page 68 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 15
Boyd Allison Dakin was the son of Boyd Allison Dakin and Alberta Brardon (Cossaboon) Dakin, of
Berwick, King's Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Following training in Canada Boyd Dakin went overseas arriving in the United Kingdom in September
1941. He was assigned to 415 Squadron on November 29, 1941. He was serving as air gunner on
aircraft Hampdon AT245 of 415 Squadron that failed to return from operations against enemy shipping
off the Dutch coast June 28, 1942
Boyd Allison Dakin
Source:
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
415 Squadron Association
(photo/news clipping: Fort Point Museum, LaHave, NS
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