On the 10th SEP 1942 Wellington bomber Z1216 of 460 Squadron RAAF took of from Breighton Airfield in Yorkshire UK to raid Dusseldorf in Germany.
Z1216 was intercepted at midnight by a BF110 above Bienen in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate the Wellington was destroyed and crashed with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew were initially interred in a nearby WWI cemetery but later moved to the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
RAAF pilot Flight Sergeant John Alexander Bryden age 26 from Warwick, QLD
RAAF navigator Flight Sergeant Albert Ernest Brown age 28 from Wellington NSW
RAAF bomb aimer Sergeant Keith John Danks-Brown age 26 from Mosman Sydney NSW
RAAF wireless air gunner SGT Terrence Claude Harris age 20 from Mosman Park, Perth WA
RAAF air gunner SGT Jemes Kevin Ring from Midlands Junction Perth WA
Local man Albert Brown was born and raised in Wellington. He went to the Intermediate High School in town and worked as a storeman until he enlisted.
He was the son of Albert Edward and Margaret Isabell Brown.
Painted by Dubbo artist Ross Barwick
Z1216 was intercepted at midnight by a BF110 above Bienen in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate the Wellington was destroyed and crashed with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew were initially interred in a nearby WWI cemetery but later moved to the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
RAAF pilot Flight Sergeant John Alexander Bryden age 26 from Warwick, QLD
RAAF navigator Flight Sergeant Albert Ernest Brown age 28 from Wellington NSW
RAAF bomb aimer Sergeant Keith John Danks-Brown age 26 from Mosman Sydney NSW
RAAF wireless air gunner SGT Terrence Claude Harris age 20 from Mosman Park, Perth WA
RAAF air gunner SGT Jemes Kevin Ring from Midlands Junction Perth WA
Local man Albert Brown was born and raised in Wellington. He went to the Intermediate High School in town and worked as a storeman until he enlisted.
He was the son of Albert Edward and Margaret Isabell Brown.
Painted by Dubbo artist Ross Barwick
