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Francis Samuel Brydon
Francis Samuel Brydon
Pilot Officer
J/90923
625 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
April 8, 1922
Somerset, NS
March 14, 1942
Halifax, NS
19
June 1, 1944
22
Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard
, Somme, France
Row C. Coll. grave 6-8.
Commemorated on page 261 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 1
Francis Samuel Brydon was the son of Franklin Augustine and Hilda Madeline Brydon, of Berwick,
King's County, NS. Prior to his enlistment he was employed as a farm labourer.
Francis Brydon trained in Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Quebec. He went overseas in 1943 and was
assinged to 625 RAF Squadron. On June 1, 1944, Francis Brydon was the Navigator on Lancaster aircraft
LM.427 reported missing as a result of operations against Tergnier in northern France. In July 1945, it
was determined that the aircraft crashed approximately twenty miles south east of Dieppe near
Beauvais. Four of the crew were killed, including Francis Brydon and were buried in the Poix Communal
Cemetery. Three members of the crew escaped and were taken as prisoners of war.