John 'Dixie' & Edith Dean

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Squadron Leader John Granville "Dixie" Dean. John 'Dixie' & Edith Dean moved to to 'Griston', Goodacres Lane, Lacey Green in 1976.

Service Career

1936  Joined RAF Trained as Electronics Engineer at RAF Halton

WW2.  Postings around the Mediterranean

1949 Married Edith at Mansfield.  (Edith was a nurse in London)

1953-55   RAF Base near Newark.

1956-59   RAF Binbrook, (bomber squadrons)

1959-61  Signals Officer RAF Jever, Germany. Researcher’s Note.  It was at RAF Jever that 'Dixie' met Bob Barcelon, who also retired to Lacey Green.

1961-63  Signals Development Squadron, RAF Watton, Norfolk.

1963-65   RAF Wyton, Cambs. 51 Squadron.    Researcher Note. It was only following the end of the Cold War that the signals intelligence role of the squadron was publicly recognized.

1965-68   RAF Watton, 360 Squadron, Joint Electronic Warfare Trials and Training Force.

1969-73  Strike Command, Walters Ash. Electronic Warfare  

The photo above right was taken outside Buckingham Palace after John Dean had been awarded the OBE. His wife Edith had accompanied him on that occasion. Research Note'''.  During the years 1963- 73, Dixie’s work was top secret and he and Edith were restricted where they could travel for their own security.   He was awarded the OBE for the work he did at that time.

Post Retirement from the RAF

John 'Dixie' Dean worked for Trend Communications, High Wycombe

He died in 1984 aged 61.

Edith later moved north to be nearer to family.