Date of death:

December 31st, 1942 (Demen - Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 2. Row: I. Grave: 2-7.

Service number:

1382448

Nationality:

British

Flt. Sgt. Leslie Robert Brettle
Airgunner RAF (VR) No. 83 Sqdn. RAF
He was a member of the crew of Lancaster bomber W4799 OL-S, which was shot down on the evening of 31 December 1942 by Hptmn R. Knacke of I//NJG 1, stationed at the German air base Venlo, and crashed between Demen and Ravenstein. The entire crew was killed. The target of the mission was Düsseldorf (Germany).
The remaining crew consisted of:
Flt. Sgt. D. Crossthwaite, Air Gunner RCAF
Wt. Offr. II B.E. Hargrove, Observer/Bomb Aimer RCAF
Pilot Offr. L.T. Jackson DFC, Pilot RCAF
Flt. Lieut. J. McMillan, Navigator RAF (VR)
Flt. Sgt. D. Smith, Flight Engr. RAF (VR)
Flt. Sgt. K.C. Taylor, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner RAF (VR)

They were buried in the rectory garden next to the Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church in Uden:
On 5 January 1943, D. Crossthwaite (as Cross White) and two coffins containing an unknown number of remains as unknown.
On 7 January 1943, a coffin containing one or more unknown remains.
Reburied in September 1946 at the British War Cemetery in Uden.

Archive A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden

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