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Bryson, J., F/Sgt., 1945

bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar David Kirk

On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 1670036 Flight Sergeant James [Gill] Bryson, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died 17/01/1945.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Flight Sgt Bryson was killed in Avro Lancaster I PB906 JI-B2 of 514 Squadron, which was lost without trace with its eight crew on a mission to bomb a Benzol factory at Wanne-Eickel. The crew were flying on their last mission prior to being screened (taken off operational flying), and PB906 was a new aircraft on its first mission.
Bomber Command Losses 1945, W. R. Chorley, 2008, Midland Counties Publishing, ISBN 978 0904597929, page 52.

Tony Hibberd states that Lancaster PB906 JI-B2 had departed Waterbeach at 2312 for Ops Wanne-Eickel

James Bryson is remembered in Ashington on A17.43 and in Bedlington B15.13


WW2 People's History: David Kirk and the BBC
The CWGC entry for Flight Sergeant Bryson

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