Bye, George Allan (Sergeant)

139 Jamaica Sqn (Si Placet Necamus) RAF Horsham St Faith, Blenheim IV aircraft R 2791 XD-O shot down into the sea on an anti-shipping strike off Holland. It crashed, on fire, into the ship that had shot it down, the flak-ship Sperrbrecher 33 Silvia, which sank as a result of the damage and fire from the crash of R-2791 into the North Sea, 5Km NW of Texel Island. Sergeant GA Bye (RCAF), Sergeant WG Thorneycroft (RAFVR) and Sergeant SB Bransby (RAFVR) were killed and all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial (Hans Nauta www.rafcommands.com, aircrewremembered.com)