George A. Brassey                                                                               Updated: 13 SEP 2021

Airman: o888055.htm Surname: Brassey Init: G A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 35

P_link: p102.htm Plane: HAL W1226 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Sønderborg

Crash_d: d190842 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

 HAL W1226 blev på vej til bombemålet Flensburg skudt ned af en tysk natjager og styrtede ned nær Sønderborg.

Alle besætningsmedlemmer klarede at springe ud med faldskærm, også Sergeant ( Wireless Operator) George A. Brassey. Se p102MACR.

De blev taget til fange og sendt til Stalag VIII Lamsdorf. (Kilde: AOD, se detaljer) Læs mere om Tyske krigsfangelejre.

Styrtet var omkring her ud for Peter Graus Vej 1, 6400 Sønderborg. Nedstyrtningsstedet er ikke markeret på nogen måde. (Kilde: Gunnar Hounsgaard)

7 flyvere.

On its way to bomb Flensburg  HAL W1226 was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Sønderborg.

All crew members managed to bail out, also Sergeant ( Wireless Operator) George A. Brassey.

They became POWs and were sent to Stalag VIII Lamsdorf. (Source: AOD, see details) Read more about German POW-Camps.

The crash was about here opposite Peter Graus Vej 1, DK-6400 Sønderborg. The crash site is not marked in any way. (Source: Gunnar Hounsgaard)

See No. 35 Sqn RAF - Wikipedia -  one of the Pathfinder Squadrons of No. 8 Group RAF led by Air Vice Marshall Don Bennett. 

Halifax II W1226 TL-J took off from RAF Graveley at 20.43 hrs. on 18 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 

See Halifax Print * p102MACR 7 airmen.