Brunet, Ernest Charles
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Ernest Charles |
Surname | Brunet |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of D. and Jeanne Brunet, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB348 |
Markings | LQ-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 31. G. 8. |
Epitaph | SWEET IS HIS MEMORY, DEAR HIS NAME; DEEP IN MY HEART HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN. MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 137 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/108322 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-10-1943 |
End Date | 21-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (51% moon) |
Operation | Leipzig. 358 Lancasters, 16 Lost (4.5%). Weather conditions were poor and bombing was very scattered. No local report is available but it is unlikely that significant damage was caused. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Harrenstätte, Germany |