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Breeze, Harold Arthur Alexander (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-28

Birth Date: 1918 (age 26)

Son of Arthur and Margaret Livingston Breeze, of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Beatrice Emma Louise Breeze, of Nelson.

Husband of Beatrice Emma Louise Breeze, of Nelson.

Home: Nelson, British Columbia

Service
RCAF
Unit
434 (B) Sqn- Squadron
In Excelsis Vincimus We conquer in the Heights
Base
RAF Croft
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/87376
Prev: R/168803

Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL258

Bombing Montzen Belgium 1944-April-27 to 1944-April-28

434 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Croft

434 Bluenose Squadron (In Excelsis Vincimus) RAF Croft. Halifax BV aircraft LL 258 WL-W was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of Stab IV/NJG 1 from Sint-Truiden, Belgium in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF. The Halifax was on an operation against the rail yards at Montzen, Belgium and crashed near Teuven, Voeren, Limburg, Belgium

Pilot Officer DA Pastorius (RCAF), Flying Officer AE Young (RCAF), Flying Officer WR Ellwood (RCAF), Pilot Officer HAA Breeze (RCAF), Pilot Officer EA Vigor (RCAF), Flight Sergeant CH Havill (RCAF) and Sergeant AB Randall (RAFVR) were all killed in action

There were two 434 squadron Halifax V aircraft lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serial LL 243 WL-U for additional information

Oberleutnant Schnaufer was one of the top German night fighter pilots, who shot down 121 Allied bombers during the war. The Imperial War Museum in London has part of his aircraft on display. He was killed in a car accident in France in 1950

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Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Alexander Breeze was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapNelson, British Columbia
Target
Google MapMontzen Belgium
First Burial
Google MapBrusthem (St Trond) Cemetery, near crash site
Re-Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
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Halifax LL258

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