Timberlands Fen Lancaster Memorial

Local remembrance and memorial support

Local authority responsible for memorial upkeep

Commonwealth War Graves Commission story page for Pilot Officer Reginald William Dickerson of 106 Squadron. Details his final flight on Lancaster JB534 (ZN-K) to Berlin on 15/16 February 1944, where the aircraft crashed at Timberland Fen while avoiding another Lancaster in the circuit.

Dickerson was age 21. Aircraft departed at 1720 hours for Berlin. On return, while circling Metheringham waiting for landing permission, it banked hard to avoid a mid-air collision, stalled and crashed at 01:10. Five crew killed on impact; wireless operator Sgt Walter Hills died of injuries later that day. Two crew survived with injuries.

Imperial War Museums register entry for the memorial to the crew of Lancaster JB534 at Timberlands Fen, catalogued as memorial reference 84235.

Formally registered in the IWM national war memorials database. Memorial plaque at the crash site in Timberland Fen, Lincolnshire.

Photograph and description of the memorial plaque to the crew of Lancaster JB534 at Timberlands Fen, showing the memorial in its fenland setting near Metheringham.

Memorial plaque is publicly accessible in the fen landscape. Crew included P/O Dickerson (pilot, age 21), Sgt Boffey (flight engineer, age 20), Fg Off Lewis (navigator, age 25), F/Sgt Pauley (bomb aimer, age 30), Sgt Hills (wireless operator, age 21).