Byrne, Grayham Bancroft
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Grayham Bancroft |
Surname | Byrne |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Mary Byrne, of Blackburn, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LL364 |
Markings | NF-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Marigny l'Eglise Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2. |
Epitaph | ONLY SWEET MEMORIES REMAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1547072 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford |
Location | "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe |
Location | St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH |
Memorial Text | Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force |
Miscellaneous Information
The 8-man crew of the Liberator were also killed |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 19-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Special Operations Executive- Operation Dick 89, for France |
Reason for Loss | Collided mid-air with Liberator B-24H 42-51187 of 850 Sqn of the 801st Bomb Group and crashed near Marigny l'Eglise, France |