Rylands, John Edwin
Killed in Action 1943-05-11
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Son of John Arthur Rylands and Leafy Ann (nee Hamilton)Rylands, of Spencerville, Ontario
Home: Spencerville, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1941-02-15
Service
RCAF
Unit
238 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Finem To the end
Base
LG 201
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/8394
First Burial
Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Flying Officer Rylands had previously been employed at the Royal Bank of Canada at the Brockville, Ontario branch from August 18, 1939 until he enlisted in the RCAF February 15, 1941
Enlisted Staff - RBC 
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Findagrave.comHurricane BP155
Combat 1943-May-11 to 1943-May-11
238 (F) Sqn (RAF) El Gamil, Egypt
238 Squadron (Ad Finem) Landing Ground 201, El Gamil, Egypt. Flying Officer J E Rylands (RCAF) attempted to belly land his Hurricane aircraft BP 155 seventeen miles east of Rosseta, Egypt. The Hurricane overturned and Flying Officer Rylands was killed in action
Hawker Hurricane
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The Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s"“1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Hurricane developed through several versions, as bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers, and ground support aircraft in addition to fighters. Versions designed for the Navy were popularly known as the Sea Hurricane, with modifications enabling their operation from ships. Some were converted to be used as catapult-launched convoy escorts. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain and Canada.
A major manufacturer of the Hurricane was Canadian Car and Foundry at their factory in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. The facility's chief engineer, Elsie MacGill, became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". The initiative was commercially led rather than governmentally, but was endorsed by the British government; Hawker, having recognized that a major conflict was all but inevitable after the Munich Crisis of 1938, drew up preliminary plans to expand Hurricane production via a new factory in Canada. Under this plan, samples, pattern aircraft, and a complete set of design documents stored on microfilm, were shipped to Canada; the RCAF ordered 20 Hurricanes to equip one fighter squadron and two more were supplied to Canadian Car and Foundry as pattern aircraft but one probably did not arrive. The first Hurricane built at Canadian Car and Foundry was officially produced in February 1940. As a result, Canadian-built Hurricanes were shipped to Britain to participate in events such as the Battle of Britain. Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) was responsible for the production of 1,451 Hurricanes. Wikipedia and Harold A Skaarup Web Page
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Hurricane - Kestrel PublicationsHurricane BP155 - Combat - 1943-05-11 to 1943-05-11
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238 Squadron (Ad Finem) Landing Ground 201, El Gamil, Egypt. Flying Officer J E Rylands (RCAF) attempted to belly land his Hurricane aircraft BP 155 seventeen miles east of Rosseta, Egypt. The Hurricane overturned and Flying Officer Rylands was killed in action