Alexander Barrie          Updated: 12 MAY 2022      Photo via Neil Smith,  51 History Society,  51 Squadron.)    Sgt A. Barrie BEM

Airman: e777323.htm Surname: Barrie Init: A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 51                                         Photo in newspaper cutting Sergeant Barrie, Cupar.

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 Alexander Barrie var Rear Gunner på HAL DT628. (Kilde: Neil Smith, 51 History Society,  51 Squadron.) Se avisudklip Sergeant Barrie, Cupar.
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Alexander Barrie, 32 år, var søn af Alexander og Alison Barrie; gift med Lilian F. Barrie, Highbury, London, United Kingdom. Hæderstegn:BEM.
Hans navn er på Panel 141 på Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC) Se hans navn.
Han fik BEM - British Empire Medal - for at trække en såret pilot ud af det brændende vrag af en Blenheim uden hensyn til egen sikkerhed. Takket være hans
uselviske heltemod blev pilotens liv reddet. (Kilde: The London Gazette den 27. juli 1943 via Neil Smith, 51 History Society,  51 Squadron.)

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 Alexander Barrie was the Rear Gunner of HAL DT628. (Source: Neil Smith, 51 History Society,) See newspaper cutting Sergeant Barrie, Cupar.

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Alexander Barrie, 32, was the son of Alexander and Alison Barrie, and the husband of Lilian F. Barrie, of Highbury, London, United Kingdom. Awards: BEM. He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 127.   
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 141, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC) See his name.
He was awarded BEM - the British Empire Medal - for dragging a wounded pilot out of the burning wreckage of a Blenheim with complete disregard for his own safety.
His unselfish heroism was responsible for saving the pilot's life. (Source: The London Gazette on 27 July 1943 via Neil Smith, 51 History Society,  51 Squadron.)

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.