Ronald W. Brett Updated: 22 NOV 2021
Airman: e777761.htm Surname: Brett Init: R W Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 58
P_link: p398.htm Plane: HAL HX224 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: Skagerak
Crash_d: d250245 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Flight
Sergeant Ronald William Brett, 23 år, var søn af Samuel og Florence Brett;
gift med Valerie Joan Brett, Putson, Herefordshire, United Kingdom. Den 25. februar 1945 blev HAL
HX224 skudt ned over Skagerrak omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
L-Lucy JP172 sporede 9 skibe i Skagerrak og
foretog et perfekt angreb. Et handelsskib blev sat i brand og kort efter
eksploderede det. P-Peter HX224 lettede kl. 16.25,
Fundet bestod af aluminiumsdele,
maskingeværammunition, en knap,
en lighter, et ur samt diverse skeletdele.
Uret bar inskriptionen
»Hugh McLean« og var givet på
Flight Sergeant Ronald William Brett,
23, was the son of Samuel and Florence Brett, and the husband of Valerie Joan
Brett, of Putson, Herefordshire, United Kingdom. On 25 February 1945 HAL HX224
was shot down over the Skagerrak about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes: L-Lucy JP172 found 9 ships in the Skagerrak and carried out a perfect attack. A merchant ship caught fire and exploded shortly after. P-Peter HX224 took off at 16.25 hours and 5 hours later it was shot down by a German Major in a Ju88 from I/NJG 3. On 14 November 1979 a fisherman catching lobsters got pieces of wreckage in his net at a depth of 39 fathoms on the position 57°56N - 10°40 E. The find consisted of aluminium parts, machine
gun ammunition, a button, a lighter, a watch and human bones. The watch had the
inscription »Hugh McLean«
and it See
No. 58 Squadron RAF * RAF Coastal
Command. This
Halifax from No. 18
Group RAF took off from
RAF Stornoway. See Lost Airmen from RAF
Stornoway. |