HZ257
Wellington X HD-
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HZ257
Wellington X HD-
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| 21st May 1943 | ||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Air Gunner | ||
| Sgt E T Horner | Sgt A F Lane | Sgt A D M Ross | Sgt O P Morton | Sgt T J Brassel | ||
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| Take Off :- 22:10 | Base:- RAF Leconfield | Mission:- Mining mission to Schiermonnikoog | ||||
| Details:- HZ257 was lost without trace. | ||||||
| 104 aircraft detailed for mining in the Frisians and River Gironde with the loss of 4 aircraft. | ||||||
| All the crew are commemorated on the Runneymede Memorial. | ||||||
| A body recovered on a sandbank at Blauortsand, West North West of Busum on 29th June 1943 is believed to be that of Sgt Brassel, a local burial took place but no formal identification was made. | ||||||
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