Edward Gordon Brettell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-25574.jpeg UPL 25574 S/L Gordon Brettell 133 Eagle Squadron

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Object Number - UPL 25574 - S/L Gordon Brettell 133 Eagle Squadron

Joined RAF, trained at 58 OTU, assigned to 92Sqn, transferred to 133Sqn.

Shot down 26 September 1942 near Morlaix, France in Spitfire IX BS313. Became a Prisoner of War (POW) and was executed for his part in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III



Awards: DFC (British)

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

19 March 1915 Parents Vivian and Eileen Brettell

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Prisoner of War (POW)

26 September 1942 - 29 March 1944 Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland). Executed for his role in the "Great Escape".

Other

Shot Down

26 September 1942 Shot down in vicinity of Brest.

Died

29 March 1944 Murdered by Bruchardt of the Danzig Gestapo after he was captured as a result of the "Great Escape"

Buried

Commonwealth War Graves Poznań Plot: 9 Row: A Grave: 1-20

Enlisted

Joined RAF.

Other

Operational training

Operational training at 58 OTU.

Other

Assigned

Assigned to 92 Sqn RAF.

Other

Transferred

26 September 1942 Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Amended error in Death year

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Amendment to rank to reflect his service in RAF.

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Death and Burial information, taken from CWGC site.

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Served at Biggin Hill with 92 Sqn in 1941 taken from 92 Sqn ORB.

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From 133 Sqn ORB.

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Added Dieppe from 133 Sqn ORB

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From Ancestry records

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Service No. from London Gazette, Connections from 133 Squadron ORB.

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He was British so did not receive American medals as stated previously. His DFC was recorded in the SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 29 SEPTEMBER, 1942 page 4216.

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Changed to military, associated with Stalag Luft III

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Amended to reflect that Gordon Brettell was an RAF officer who was seconded to 133 Eagle Squadron as a Flight Commander. His death is taken from his gravestone in the CWG cemetery in Poznan.

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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. added POW event.

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Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. Connection to mission within web-site data.

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Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014 for more information on the 'Great Escape' see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III#The_.22Great_Escape.22

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor

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