Biography:

BOYLE, BRIAN JOHN WALDRON
Initials: B J W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 142 Sqdn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/10/1942
Service No: 1188342
Additional information: Son of Andrew Pearson Boyle and May Boyle, of Leatherhead, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 78.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, joined 142 squadron 25 days before death

Wellington III BK385 Failed to return from minelaying; lost without trace; the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

BK385 was one of two 142 Sqdn Wellingtons lost on this operation. See: X3455. Airborne 0045 25Oct42 from Grimsby. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt J.H.Young KIA Sgt R.H.Neade KIA Sgt A.R.Taylor KIA Sgt B.J.W.Boyle KIA Sgt J.Entwistle KIA