Bruce Thomas Brett  Updated:  12 MAY 2022
Photo via Neil Smith,  51 History Society,  51 Squadron.               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.

Se Operationer for Bretts besætning * Besætningen * Sgt Peter Shortland's logbog
Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943 * Google Map 51 Squadron.
Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission. 8 flyvere.

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 remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 135.   
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.

Halifax II DT628 MH-B took off from RAF Snaith at 21.23 hrs on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
Operations of Brett's crew * Crew Sheet * Sgt Peter Shortland's log book * Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943 * Google Map 51 Squadron.
Halifax * Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum. See Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All. 8 airmen.