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- 大象传媒 Open Centre, Hull
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- John Robert Bryan Williams
- Background to story:听
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:听
- A8116120
- Contributed on:听
- 29 December 2005
Bryan is seen here in the pilot's escape hatch of a Wellington bomber, at RAF Hereford, during 1944.
The following citation (from the Hull Mail?) shortly after Bryan Williams received his DFC. Bryan was not a pilot at stated in this citation, rather he served as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Bryan told me that he never thought of himself as a 'medal winner', adding that the really brave men were those who were scared witless at the thought of what could happen on their very next mission but still turned up for each and every flight. That was real bravery.
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"The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Pilot Officer John Robert Bryan Williams, RAFVR, No 76 Squadron, whose home is at Hull
The award is in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty, Pilot Officer Williams having displayed the utmost fortitude and courage in operations against the enemy.
Pilot Officer Williams was born in 1921 at Merthyr Tydfil and educated at Middleton Street School, Hull. After service in the ranks he was commissioned in 1944.
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