O'Bryan, William Ernest Hugh
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | William Ernest Hugh |
Surname | O'Bryan |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Hugh A. T. O'Bryan and Agatha Mabel O'Bryan, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Husband of Helen Laura O'Bryan, of Winnipeg. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF387 |
Markings | 8K-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 50. H. 9. |
Epitaph | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 220 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/45422 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | O’Bryan Lake, Manitoba; 15km NNW of Munroe Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
This aircraft had completed 74 operations |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2044/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-03-1945 |
End Date | 19-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Air Test |
Reason for Loss | Both port engines failed and the crew turned back but overshot and crashed near Cottenham, north of Cambridge |