Pryor, Geoffrey Victor
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey Victor |
Surname | Pryor |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 30-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Victor and Edith Mary Pryor, of Essendon, Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED596 |
Markings | ZN-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lichtenvoorde General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 24. |
Epitaph | IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON AND HERO DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 87 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 142021 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Martin, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Airmen of 106 Sqn who gave their lives in the 1939-45 War |
Location | Former Airfield Site, Martin Moor, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick moument with inscribed Slate Tablets & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the airmen and airwomen who served on 106 Sqn in WW2. 995 gave their lives |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches January 1942 |
Listed in CWGC as having a DFM but in fact he did not. |
He shot down a Ju 88 in the Moray Firth while training with 20 OTU on 11 October 1040 (pilot P/O P Bois DFC). His claim was the only recorded 'kill' of any OTU crew. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/833/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Lt august Geiger, 111./NGJ1) and crashed 0429 30Mar43 at Lievelde (Gelderland), 4 km NNE of Lichtenvoorde, Holland |