Bruce Thomas Brett          Updated:  19 JUN 2012  Photo via Neil Smith, 51 History Team                         Sgt B.T. Brett

Airman: e777317.htm Surname: Brett Init: B T Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 51

P_link: p152.htm Plane: HAL DT628 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lost without trace

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Nyt 05 DEC 2011: Det var IKKE en Halifax, der styrtede ved Halskov, men Lancaster X!
Se fotos Merlin! Lancaster X og Press + Halskov Halifax/Lancaster.

HAL DT628 startede fra RAF Snaith den 20. april 1943 kl. 21.23 for at bombe Stettin.
Flyet vendte ikke tilbage! Det forsvandt sporløst.

Sergeant (Pilot) Bruce Thomas Brett, 21 år, var søn af Herbert Thomas Brett og Bessie Brett, Ferndown, Dorsetshire,
United Kingdom. Hans navn er på Panel 143 på Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC) Se hans navn.

8 flyvere. Se Operationer for Bretts besætning * Besætningen * Sgt Peter Shortland's logbog
Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943 * Google Map 51 Squadron.

Breaking news 05 DEC 2011: It was NOT a Halifax, but Lancaster X!
See photos Merlin! Lancaster X and Press + Halskov Halifax/Lancaster.

HAL DT628 took off from RAF Snaith on 20 April 1943 at 21.23 hours to bomb Stettin. The plane failed to return!
It disappeared without trace.

Sergeant (Pilot) Bruce Thomas Brett, 21, was the son of Herbert Thomas Brett and Bessie Brett, of Ferndown, Dorsetshire, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 143, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC) See his name.
He is remembered by the Old Tauntonians' Association of his old school here. He was 21 years old.

See RAF - Handley Page Halifax and Bomber Command No. 51 Squadron. See also The 51 Squadron Website.
This Halifax took off from RAF Snaith, see The Wartimes Memories Project - RAF Snaith.  Lost Bombers has this.
8 airmen. Operations of Brett's crew * Crew Sheet * Sgt Peter Shortland's log book * Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943 * Google Map 51 Squadron.