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Sergeant
Percy Brazier was serving
as Bomb Aimer on board Wellington IC X9873 coded KO-P during an operation to bomb
the railway yards at Vohwinkel Ruhr, Germany
on the night October 31, 1941.
The aircraft left Marham
at 1750hrs and was attacked by a
night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner) crash landing onto tidal
flats on the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog. The crew were
taken captive and became prisoner of war in various camps.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
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W/O John W.B.Snowden |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
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Sgt Herbert.E.Woolley |
RCAF |
2nd Pilot |
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Sgt Bill Robinson |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
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Sgt Percy Brazier |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
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Sgt Alan.W.Clarke |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
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F/Sgt Peter.J.C.Darvill |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Percy
Brazier was the son of William and Agnes Brazier of Front
Street, Bracebridge, Ontario. He had seven other brothers, all
but one in the armed forces, Charles (427 squadron RCAF),
Robert (served in the Devils Brigade, a Joint Canadian/US/
commando unit in Italy), George (Army), Victor (Irish
Regiment), Edward (Army) and William ("Buzz", air
gunner,422 Squadron RCAF).
W/O Snowden was a senior NCO pilot
whose career is believed to have started in the 1920’s.
Tribute to remarkable service. Buzz, Charlie, Percy & Bob
Tribute to remarkable service.
Sergeant Herbert "Ted" Woolley wrote
"No time off for good behaviour", an account of the
mission, the ditching of the aircraft and of his time as a POW
in Camp VIIIB at Lamsdorf and also Stalag Luft III.
Photos
courtesy of Rod Brazier,
research by Linda Ibrom.
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