Ryan, Keith Forbes
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Keith Forbes |
Surname | Ryan |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Date of Death | 02-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Mervyn and Julie R. Ryan, of Taihape, Wellington, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | N3714 |
Markings | HA-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nossegem Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 1-5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 236 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 41999 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Squadron Motto | In time |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-09-1942 |
End Date | 02-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Saarbrucken. Aircraft despatched- 4 losses (1.7%). PFF marked the town of Saarlouis by mistake leading to heavy damage in this small, unindustrialised town. No bombs fell in Saarbrucken whatsoever. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Sterrebeek, ENE of Brussels |