George Martin Ryan

Flight Lieutenant [Pilot]

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of George Augustus Walter and Gladys Evelyn Ryan, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Catherine Leona Ryan, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1999)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

George Ryan was the 2nd Pilot aboard an Avro York, on a scheduled freight flight from Iraq to the UK via Egypt. The aircraft failed to arrive at Almaza and was later found, having flown into a 2000ft hill, 50 miles SE of Cairo, well off course. The 6 crew are buried at Suez.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2, p. 371]

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Casualty

Service Number:

404181

Name:

George Martin Ryan

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Additional Rank:

Pilot

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 511 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air accident

Date of Death:

20 November 1946

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Suez War Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

5. A. 1.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt