Hyland, Basil Paul Malcolm
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Basil Paul Malcolm |
Surname | Hyland |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter and Gladys M. M. Hyland, of Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4171 |
Markings | EM-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Schoonselhof Cemetery |
Grave Reference | II. G. 30. |
Epitaph | IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS'' PROVERBS III.6 |
Ribbon Stone | 0874 (Block 10, Column 14, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 124201 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | F/O Basil P.M. Hyland 207 Sqn Aged 21 years |
Location | Volmolenbaan, Mol, Antwerpen Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Brick pillar & inscribed marble tablet |
Memorial Text | Ter nagedachtenis aan de slachtoffers van de vliegtuigcrash LANCASTER W4171 RAF 207 Squadron - Langar - 27 april 1943 |
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1234/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1234/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-04-1943 |
End Date | 27-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Langar |
Day/Night Raid | Night (54% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Ofw Fritz Kruze, crashing at Mol, near Geel in Belgium |