Donald Harrison Lyne

Birth: 1920 Death: Jun. 22, 1943 Navigator - P/O Donald Harrison Lyne RAFVR (125540), of Whitby, Cheshire. Escaped the crash seriously injured. Donald Lyne received his commission on 11th May 1942 to the rank of P/O on probation (emergency). It is remarkable he survived the accident in the Yorkshire Dales and recovered from his injuries he sustained in the flying accident. He later was promoted to F/O (war subs) on 11th November 1942. Having completed his training on Stirlings he was later posted to 149 Squadron OJ-O but was sadly killed on 22nd June 1943 flying in Stirling BK799 on Ops to Krefeld. The aircraft was shot down by Oblt Ernst-Georg Drunkler of 12/NJG1, this was his third of forty seven confirmed successes. He died age 23 Sluiten