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Military service
Service number:
J/21669
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 11, 1920
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
October 1, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
17. D. 7.
Additional information
Son of Leo George and Alice Ellen Ryan, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Brother of Leo E. and Frances Geraldine Ryan.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, War Medal 1939-1945, Operational Wings awarded posthumously 8 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
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Photo of Donal Ryan
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Group Photo
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Group Photo
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Group Photo
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Lancaster LL687
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Ground Crew for LL687
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Group Photo
Dry Ditching Exercise on LL723. L-R Harold Truscott by upper turret, Gordon Croucher, Bob Whitson, Don Ryan climbing out of hatch, David Scott inboard wing and Al Durnin outboard wing. -
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Crew Photo
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Photo of Donal Ryan
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Photo of Donal Ryan
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Photo of Donal Ryan
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Cemetery
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Photo of DONAL THOMAS RYAN
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Attestation paper
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Letter
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 434 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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