Flight Lieutenant ( Pilot ) Edward Gordon Brettell (1915-1944)

Flight Lieutenant ( Pilot ) Edward Gordon Brettell Veteran

Birth

19 Mar 1915

Chertsey, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England

Death

29 Mar 1944 (aged 29)

Gdańsk, Miasto Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland

Burial

Old Garrison Cemetery

Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland Show Map

Plot

Coll. grave 9. A. 1-20

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One of the Great Escape participants.

61053 F/L E Gordon Brettell DFC, British, born 19-Mar-1915, 133 (Eagle) Sqdn (shot down 26-Sep-1942, Spitfire IX BS313), recaptured Scheidemuhl, murdered by Bruchardt 29-Mar-1944, cremated at Danzig.

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Service No: 61053
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 133 (Eagle) Sqdn.
Honors: D F C, Mentioned in Despatches

Son of Vivian Brettell and of Eileen Isabella Brettell, of Farnham, Surrey. B.A. (Cantab.).

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