Breivis, John (Sergeant)

Took off from Scampton at 21:04 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code EA-B Bomber Command) on an operation to Nuremberg Germany.

The aircraft had dropped it's bomb load when it was in collision with Wellington BJ-701 of 57Sqn. Both aircraft crashed and all crew of both aircraft were killed.

Killed includes Breivis: Flight Sergeant Leslie James Capton RCAF R/127800 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Plot 11. Row F. Coll Grave 4-12. Flight Sergeant Edward George Burton RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 11. Row F. Grave 1. Sergeant Ernest Claude Ibbotson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 11. Row F. Graves 4-12. Sergeant Kent Newbery RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Grave 3. Sergeant James Duckett Osbaldeston RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 11. Row F. Graves 4-12. Sergeant Gilbert Aitken Swan RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Grave 2.

Killed in Wellington BJ-701: Warrant Officer Class 2 John Hoskin Rowney RCAF R/80558 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12. Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Brown RNZAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12. Sergeant David George Craill RNZAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12. Sergeant Henry William Pike RNZAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12. Sergeant Charles James Whalley RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12.