John Bryson (RAF officer)

– 1940), called "Butch", was a Canadian fighter pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.

Prior to the war he was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,[1] but bought his way out in order to serve in defense of Britain.

He had one 'kill', an He 111 over Dunkirk on 2 June 1940, and shared a kill on 24 July 1940 of a Junkers Ju 88 over the Bristol Channel.

Flying with the 92d out of Biggin Hill, joining two other squadrons in a Big Wing group, on 24 September 1940, in response to a ten Ju 88 medium bomber attack, defended by over one-hundred 109s, Bryson was "last seen making a solo attack on a large formation of Bf 109s".

He was buried in St Andrew's Church, North Weald Bassett, Essex.