Philip Brett Updated: 13 JAN 2019
Airman: v996001.htm Surname: Brett Init: P Rank: Wt/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 144
P_link: p431.htm Plane: BFI NE955 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d030545 Buried_d: v996 C_link: v996.htm At_Next: EVD in DK
BFI NE955 blev
ramt af flak under minelægning i Kiel Bugt, så flyet måtte nødlande på Nordsøen
60 miles vest for Jylland den 3. maj 1945. Warrant Officer (Pilot) Philip Brett og Warrant
Officer (Navigator) William G. Boorer klarede at komme i flyets gummibåd og de
drev rundt i 4 dage. NB: EVD in DK - holdt sig på fri fod i Danmark -
passer bedst på de to overlevende flyvere. Andre kategorier passer slet ikke. 2 flyvere.
On 3 May 1945
BFI NE955 was hit by flak during a minelaying operation
in the Kiel Bay, so it had to ditch in the North Sea 60 miles west of Jutland. Warrant Officer (Pilot) Philip Brett and Warrant
Officer (Navigator) William G. Boorer managed to get into the dinghy, and they
drifted around for 4 days. 2 airmen. |