Bryant, Harry Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Harry Douglas |
Surname | Bryant |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-01-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest George and Mariane Susan Bryant, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5514 |
Markings | PH-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 103. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 14 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/70448 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-01-1942 |
End Date | 07-01-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (82% moon) |
Operation | Brest |
Reason for Loss | Attacked by a night-fighter. Crash-landed 2348 after colliding with H/T cables and a lorry on the approach to the partially finished aerodrome at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, ending up in Moor Close. |