LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Bryan John HENDERSON
Service No: 425849
Born: Ipswich QLD, 31 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 May 1942
Unit: No. 207 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Spilsby
Died: Air Operations: (No. 207 Squadron Lancaster aircraft PD322), Germany, 6 December 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Clifford John and Violet May Henderson, of Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1552 hours on the night of 5December 1944 Lancaster PD322 took off from Spilsby detailed to bomb Giessen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed with four of the crew members killed and three taken as Prisoners of War.
The crew members of PD322 were:
Sergeant Eric John Gibson (1894952) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Bryan John Henderson (425849) (Pilot)
Sergeant P W Hornfeck (1337114) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
Sergeant R A Massey-Shaw (1456649) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber) PoW
Flying Officer William McQuade (154653) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Donald Alan Reid (434012) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant J F Taylor (986389) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) PoW
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/895