Jay, Brinley Pearce
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Brinley Pearce |
Surname | Jay |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albin Henry and Rhoda Annie Jay. Husband of Agnes Freda Gilmour Jay, of Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR758 |
Markings | NP-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. E. 3. |
Epitaph | HE HAS OUTSCARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 189 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403745 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/31 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/30 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-04-1943 |
End Date | 17-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (87% moon) |
Operation | Pilsen- Skoda armaments factory. 327 aircraft, 36 loses (11.0%). The main force was told to locate the Skoda factory visually and only to use PFF marking as a general guide. A large asylum building some 7 miles away was mistaken for the target. The Skoda factory was not hit at all. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Saarbrucken |