The Journal 17/10/2008 reports this story with pictures.
"The body of Sgt. John Bremner of Elswick has been recovered from the Halifax bomber in which he crashed in 1944. He has been laid to rest in Berlin. (2008)"
The Daily Telegraph 17/10/2008 also carries the story with pictures.
Sgt. Bremner was serving with 102 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Halifax bomber LW337 Dy-F took off from Pocklington on 20th January 1944 on a mission to Berlin. It was hit by flak, and dived steeply. Four of the crew died, the other four were taken prisoner.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publication; 1997; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
Tony Hibberd adds the following:
Halifax LW337 DY-F had departed Pocklington at 1630 for Ops Berlin
It was intercepted over Berlin by a Night-Fighter captained by Lt Manfred Dieterle (III/JG300) and shot down at 1948 for his 2nd Abschuss
Nacht Jagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 1 Dr Theo Boiten
