Flight Sergeant [Pilot]

George Theodore Ryan

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Frederick Leslie Stuart Ryan and Amy Havelock Ryan, of Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

George Ryan took off in his Tomahawk from Abu Suier at 1650 hrs and from a climb to 18,000 ft., inexplicably dived to the ground, crashing 8 miles north of the airfield.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2,p.78]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
41942
Name:
George Theodore Ryan
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air accident
Date of Death:
30 March 1943
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
2. A. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
George Theodore Ryan
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