| Warrant Officer
Robert Brewington
was serving as
Wireless Operator aboard Lancaster Mk. III
ND-597 coded TL-A
during an operation to Berlin March 24/25, 1944.
The aircraft took off from Graveley at 1844hrs and was returning
to base when it was shot down by a night-fighter, killing five of
the seven crewmembers including W/O Brewington. The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
S/L Richard Fitzgerald (DFC) |
RAAF |
Pilot |
Namban,W.Australia |
22 |
|
F/O Cecil Dineen |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Bexleyheath,Kent |
20 |
|
F/O John Savage |
RAAF |
Navigator |
Queensland, Australia |
27 |
|
F/Lt William “Scott” Muego - POW |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Glasgow, Scotland |
29 |
|
F/Sgt Stanley Boulton - POW |
RAFVR |
Mid Upper Gunner |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt Frederick Smith |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Cobridge,Stoke-on-Trent |
30 |
Warrant
Officer Robert Alexander Brewington RAAF aged 27 was the son of
Warren and Alice Brewington and husband of Jessie of Paddington,
Queensland.
He
enlisted on May 24th 1941 at Brisbane,
Queensland
and was 27 years old at the time of his death.He
is remembered on the roll of honour for Brisbane,Queensland
and buried with crew at the Berlin War cemetery. |
