Bryan, Gerald George (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-September-23

Flying Officer Gerald George Bryan RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

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Home: Lockwood, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

106 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Pro Libertate For freedom

Base

RAF Bourn

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/29589

Home

Lockwood, Saskatchewan

Target

Dortmund Germany

Temporary Burial

Flying Officer Navigator Bryan Was Buried In A Field At Schierloh, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Plot 13 Row C Grave 5

Took off from Metheringham at 19:30 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code ZN-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to breach the Dortmund-Ems Canal North of Münster near Ladbergen.

Hit by flak, exploded and crashed 3km West of Ibbenburen near Schierloh Germany, 22:45.

Killed includes Bryan: Flight Sergeant John Frederick William Clarke RCAF R/194623 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 3. Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin RCAF J/89163 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row B. Grave 15. Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd RCAF J/89184 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 4. Flying Officer James Isaac RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row B. Grave 16. Sergeant Richard Henry Julian RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 1. Pilot Officer David Levene RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 13. Row C. Grave 2.

POW: Flight Lieutenant Richard Henry Jones RAF POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial