White, Bryan de Bernal
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Bryan de Bernal |
Surname | White |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Norman Hansen White and Ella Elizabeth White, of Wau, New Guinea. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW372 |
Markings | HD-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. A. 4. |
Epitaph | YOUR MEMORY CAN NEVER DIE WHILE WE LIVE, GREAT PAL OF OUR'S |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 263 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 425241 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served in Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-10-1944 |
End Date | 06-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Driffield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Sterkrade synthetic oil plant. Part of a 320 aircraft force to bomb both Scholven-Buer and Sterkrade oil plants. Bombing was accurate but 9 aircraft were lost (2.8%). |
Reason for Loss |