Dryer, Howard Raymond
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Howard Raymond |
Surname | Dryer |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Sevilla Dryer, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB525 |
Markings | LQ-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 245. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 157 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/42654 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/23 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/22 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-12-1944 |
End Date | 30-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Scholven-Buer synthetic oil plant. 324 aircraft, 4 losses (1.2%). Thick cloud necessitated the use of Oboe sky-markers. Bombing was accurate and the refinery was badly damaged. The local report states that 300 high-explosive bombs fell in the compound. The local towns of Scolven and Buer was also hit and the nearby coal mine was damaged. |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |