Brian Hilton Dennis
Memorial: Thornbury - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant
Parents: Gerald Norman and Nina Dennis
Home address: 97 Braemar Avenue, Filton, Bristol
Date of birth: 10/03/1923
Date of death: 11/09/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Runnymede Memorial and Thornbury Grammar School Memorial
Age: 18
Further information:
Brian was stationed at RAF Hampstead Norris, Berkshire serving with the Overseas Air Delivery Unit. On the day of his death Brian and 4 other crew members took off in Wellington Bomber W5596 from Hampstead Norris on a routine delivery flight to Gibraltar but the aircraft never reached its destination and went missing somewhere North of the Bay of Biscay. There were no survivors and only one body was ever recovered - Sergeant Farrell was later washed ashore.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://aircrewremembered.com/healy-eric.html
Thornbury Roots - http://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/war/tgsmemorial2/