Bertie R. Hasler                                                                                       Updated: 13 JAN 2023

Airman: e777754.htm Surname: Hasler Init: B R Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 138

P_link: p397r.htm Plane: STI LK149 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d230245 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Natten til den 24. februar 1945 styrtede STI LK149 i Nordsøen. Det var på vej med våbenforsyninger til en modtageplads ved Hobro (her).
Alle 7 flyvere omkom. (Kilde: FAF) 4 flyvere fra STI LK149 har ingen kendt grav. 2 er begravet i Sdr. Nissum og 1 i Nr. Haurvig. Mere ved hver enkelt flyver.

 Flight Sergeant Bertie Ronald Hasler, 23 år, var søn af Bertie Frederick og May Hasler, Romford, Essex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 271 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

69 omkomne flyvere fra dette og 14 andre fly mindes på Mindetavlen i Rebild. De mistede livet under nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen.
Af samme grund mindes de i London. Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes. Se Google Map Rebild med 15 + 3 fly.
Formodet nedkastningssted "Marie" nær Hobro. (p397rMACR)
7 flyvere.

STI LK149 crashed in the North Sea on the night before 24 February 1945. It was on its way with supplies of weapons to a drop zone at Hobro.
All 7 airmen perished. (Source: FAF) 4 airmen from STI LK149 have no known grave. 2 are buried in Sdr. Nissum and 1 in Nr. Haurvig. More at each airman.

Flight Sergeant Bertie Ronald Hasler, 23, was the son of Bertie Frederick and May Hasler, of Romford, Essex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 271, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 178.   

69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes are commemorated on the Memorial Plaque in Rebild. They lost their lives in supply operations.
For the same reason they are commemorated in London. See 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.

No. 138 Squadron - Wikipedia * Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * A History of Tempsford Airfield.
Stirling IV LK149 NF-D took off from RAF Tempsford on 23 FEB 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) Short Stirling. 7 airmen.