HZ257 Wellington X HD-
  
21st May 1943
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  Pilot Sgt E T Horner RAAF  
         
  Navigator Sgt A D M Ross RAAF  
         
  Bomb Aimer Sgt A F Lane  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner Sgt O P Morton RAAF  
         
  Air Gunner  Sgt T J Brassel RAAF  
       
Take off :- 22:10 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Mining mission to Schiermonnikoog
     
Details :- HZ257 was lost without trace.
     
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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