Giddings, Bryan Wilba
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Bryan Wilba |
Surname | Giddings |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Arthur Giddings and Mrs. Giddings, of Short Street, Millicent, South Australia |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND764 |
Markings | OF-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Breux Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | SILVER WINGS, HEART OF GOLD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 39 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 416949 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Giddings and Webb were able to bail out but did not survive |
Date of birth 19 March 1915 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-06-1944 |
End Date | 10-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (88% moon) |
Operation | Etampes |
Reason for Loss | Exploded in mid-air after being hit by flak and then attacked by a night-fighter as it went in for its second run. Wreckage being scattered over a wide area near Souzy-la-Briche near Paris |