Brunt, Sidney Percival
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Sidney Percival |
Surname | Brunt |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ralph Benjamin and Winifred Mabel Brunt, of Fernhurst, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | ML959 |
Markings | P3- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 15156. |
Epitaph | HE, AS HE FLEW PASSED DEATH UPON THE WING THEN, DEATHLESS ROSE TO IMMORTALITY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 137 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 133372 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Entrance, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 692 Sqn and 35 Sqn which flew from RAF Graveley during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2363/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-12-1944 |
End Date | 18-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Hanau. 1 of 44 Mosquitoes on a 'spoof' raid. |
Reason for Loss | Overshot the runway on return to base and crashed amongst trees, catching fire |