air mechanic

Lyner, George Roy Walter

Gateway School 1936-39. Air Mechanic Lyner was on board the aircraft carrier HMS Nabob en route to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. On the 22nd August 1944 the Nabob was torpedoed by the German submarine U-354, and the resulting explosion caused severe damage to the ship. Air Mechanic Lyner was one of the 21 […]