Breckels, George Stanley (Flight Sergeant)

190 Squadron (Ex Tenebris) RAF Fairford, Stirling IV aircraft EF 263 L9-W lost towing gliders during a supply drop at Arnhem, Gelderland. The aircraft received a direct hit from flak and crashed near the Ruwenbergstraat road, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Holland. FS GS Breckels (RCAF), FS WC Moss (RAFVR) Sergeant GL Wood (RAFVR), FS SV Davis (RAFVR), FS JG Jeffery (RAFVR), Warrant Officer SH Coeshott (RAF), Private J Cadle RASC, and Private G Courtney RASC were all killed. Flight Sergeant Air Gunner Breckels is buried in Roman Catholic and Protestant Cemetery at St Michielsgestel, North Brabant, Holland. Detail provided by Bob Middleton of Killarney, Manitoba. addendum2: See page 71. S/L. J.P. Gilliard D.F.C. (RAF), F/0. N.S. McEwen (RAF), and FS. W.C. Moss (RAF) were also killed.