John Robert Dryden
Service number
613297
Military unit
61 Sqdn Royal Air Force
Address
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland.
Date of birth
Date of death
23 Jun 1942 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Cameron Anderson Dryden and Agnes Pace Dryden, of Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
Military history
Lancaster R5517 61 Sqn take off 23.40 RAF Syerston mission to Emden. Third major raid against the port in a week. 227 aircraft dispatched of which 6 were lost. R5517 hit
by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236 crashing between Freepsum (Krummhörn) and Groß Midlum (Hinte); Niedersachsen, all crew were killed. The bodies of six of the crew were recovered and lie in Sage cemetery, near Bremen in northern Germany. Sgt. Dryden’s body was never recovered and he is remembered on the RAF memorial at Runnymede.
Also killed
Sgt Sydney Bradshaw
Sgt James Fallon
F/O William McCulloch RCAF
P/O James McKeown RNZAF
S/L Ian McNaughton RCAF
Sgt Collin Parker
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of John Robert Dryden