Date of birth:

September 16th, 1914 (Columbus/Ohio, United States)

Date of death:

February 5th, 1944 (California, United States)

Nationality:

American

Harlan R. Dickson was born in Columbus, Ohio, on 16 September 1914. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1936 and was designated a Naval Aviator three years later. During the first six months of the Pacific war, while flying with Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5) from USS Yorktown (CV-5), he distinguished himself during the Raid on Tulagi and the Battle of Coral Sea in early May 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June. He subsequently served with four other scouting and bombing squadrons and took command of Bombing Squadron Eighteen (VB-18) in September 1943. Lieutenant Commander Dickson was killed in an aircraft crash in California on 5 February 1944.

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