 Operations
of Brett's crew has 14 names of airmen. 8 airmen perished in the
crash of Halifax DT628. 5 in other crashes. 1 seems
to have survived.Links to these
lost Halifaxes are to pages of
Aircrew Remembered.
Sgt J.A. Daragon
perished on 27 JAN 1943, when
Halifax DT721 of
51 Squadron. was shot down
by a night fighter and crashed in the
grounds of Huize Padua Mental Hospital between Boeken and
Gemert (Noord Brabant), Holland.
Sergeant (Air Bomber) John Alexander Daragon, 19, was the son of
James and Edith R. Daragon, of Gosport, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
He was buried in Holland in
EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot JJB Grave 3. (Source:
CWGC)
Sgt R.K. Guy perished on 03 APR 1943, when
Halifax DT738 of
51 Squadron. on a bombing
raid on Essen crashed in the target area. Cause of loss not established.
Sergeant (Navigator) Robert Kerr Guy, 30, was the son
of Robert and Mary Kerr Guy; of Beith, Ayrshire, and the husband of
Catherine Guy, United Kingdom.
He was buried in
Germany in
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, 10. D.
11. (Source:
CWGC)
J. Richards
perished on 03 APR 1943,
when
Halifax DT738 of
51 Squadron. on a bombing raid on Essen crashed in the target area. Cause of
loss not established.
Flight Sergeant (Bomb Aimer) John Richards, 23, was the son
of Edward Arthur and Alice Richards, of Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
He was buried
in Germany in
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, 10. D.
7. (Source:
CWGC)
Sgt B.R. Fyfield perished
on 14 MAY 1943, when
Halifax DT526 of
51 Squadron. was hit
by Flak at 14,000 feet over the target and then finished off by a
Fw190,
crashing at Grevel in Germany.
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Basil Raymond Fyfield was from United Kingdom.
He was buried in Germany in
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, 3 B 3 (CWGC)
P.L. Alp perished on 18
JUL 1944. Halifax MZ628 of
No. 431
(Iroquois) Squadron took off to attack railway yards. Cause of loss not
established. Crashed in France.
west of Creil.
Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Percy Leonard Alp, 30, was the son
of Stanley William Alp and of Mary Ann Alp (nee Rogers), and the husband of
Constance Maureen Alp,
of Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. He was buried in France in
CREIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Plot 1. Grave 389. (Source:
CWGC)
Sgt Leslie Gordon
McCoy seems to have survived! He does not appear the
CWGC
Records.
You may see
Loss of Lives in the Air War
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