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Operation: Roadstead
Date: 25th June 1942 (Thursday)
Unit: No. 130 Squadron (Punjab)
Type: Spitfire Vb
Serial: BM536
Code: PJ-?
Base: RAF Perranporth, Cornwall
Location: North Atlantic off Ushant, France
Pilot: Sgt. Cyril Brennan AUS/404771 RAAF Age 23. Missing - believed killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 17:21 hrs During a 'Roadstead' escorting Hurribombers taking part in operations against German minesweepers during the late afternoon the Squadron was attacked by Fw190's from JG2. Sgt. Brennan was last seen engaging the Luftwaffe and nothing further was heard from him. It is thought that he came down some 30 miles north of Ushant.
Another 130 Squadron pilot was also lost during this operation:
18 year old, Sgt. Raymond Farmer 925408 RAFVR Flying Spitfire Vb AR294 - lost in similar circumstances.
On this day the third 1000 bomber raid took place - the allies dropping some 643 tons of high explosive bombs together with 1,210 tons of incendiary bombs on the city of Bremen.
Burial details:
Sgt. Cyril Brennan. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 112. Born on the 09th March 1919 at Brisbane, the son of Frank Cyril and Helen Borthwick Brennan, of 456 Wynnum Road, Morningside, Queensland, Australia. A Warehouse Assistant working at Butler Brothers, Creek Street, Brisbane prior to enlisting on the 08th November 1940.
Other:
Sgt. Raymond Farmer. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 82. Son of Harold and Ivy Bernice Farmer (née Gagg), of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. Age 18 when lost, he must have been well under age when he commenced training!
For further details our thanks to the Australian Archives and to the following sources:
KTY 14.05.2019
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