Reginald Hughes Berrett^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1925 - 1944  (19 years)

• Name	Reginald Hughes Berrett  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	9 Mar 1925	West Ham, London, England   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1944	Assens, Denmark   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7]
  	Shot down by JU88 of I/NJG3 and crashed in sea near Assens, Denmark
  Person ID	I18917	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry Oliver Berrett,   b. 30 Jun 1903, Walthamstow, London, England d. 1940, Thanet with Dover, Kent, England (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Ethel Marian Moore,   b. 8 Aug 1903, Hackney, London, England d. Jan 1993, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1924	West Ham, London, England   [9]
  Family ID	F3914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Reginald Hughes Berrett - CWGC Media Date: 27 NOV 1944 Keywords: Picture
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  		Reginald Hughes Berrett Panel number refers to the Runnymede RAF Memorial Media Date: 27 NOV 1944 Keywords: Picture
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  		Henry O Berrett - 1939 Media Date: 1939 Keywords: Picture
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  		Reginald Hughes Berrett - CWGC Certificate Media Date: 1944 Keywords: Picture
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  		Reginald Hughes Berrett - Runnymede Memorial Media Date: 1944 Keywords: Picture
  		Reginald Hughes Berrett - Runnymede Memorial Media Date: 1944 Keywords: Picture
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• Notes

  SURNAME Berrett ​ FORENAME Reginald Hughes ​ UNIT 138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) ​ RANK Sergeant ​ NUMBER 1890825 ​ DATE OF DEATH 27th November 1944 ​ AGE 19 ​ GRAVESITE Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 225 ​ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Son of Henry Oliver and Ethel Marian Berrett, Stamford Hill, London ​ flight engineer ​ SOE Op.Tablejam 69,Denmark ​ Stirling LK151 ​ shot down by JU88 of I/NJG3 and crashed in sea near Assens,Denmark ​ Stirling IV LK151 lost without trace 26/11 1944 The aircraft belonged to 138 Squadron RAF and was coded NF-E T/O Tempsford approx 20:21 OP: Tablejam 69 The Stirling took off on a mission to drop supplies to the Danish resistance at drop zone Tablejam 69 with the Danish name Rosalie on the island of Fyn. The position of the drop zone was 551747N 100600E and was found 13 km ENE of Assens and 2 km N of Glamsbjerg. The Stirling arrived over the drop zone at 23:25 hours and dropped its load on first pass. The reception committee from Odense received 18 containers and one package containing a Eureka. After this nothing was heard from the Stirling. The German War Diary reports: Kriegstagesbuch Des Kommandant im Abschnitt Südjülland for the night of 26 / 27 November 1944. 22:41 to 00:35: Flakalarm bef. V. Ugruko. Ca 6 feindliche Flugzeuge von W und O kommend, durchflogen mit verschiedenen kursen den Flakbereich mit flughöhen von 100,200 und 400 m. 2 Flugzeuge wurden von dem leichten Flakzeug Blaavand 6./204 mit 38 Schuss 2 cm beschossen. Erfolge wurden nicht beobachtet. Bei den Flugzeugen handelte es sich 4 mot. Störflugzeuge. The Stirling could well be one of the aircrafts reported to have been shot at by light flak from Blaavand. If so, it most probably crashed into the North Sea. The crew of the Stirling were: Pilot Flight Lieutenant Reginald Ronald Witham DFC 425800 RAAF from Australia, Flight Engineer Sergeant Reginald Hughes Berrett 1890825 RAF from United Kingdom, Navigator Flying Officer Thomas Patrick McHale J.24741 RCAF from Canada, Air Bomber Flying Officer Geoffrey Herbert Brandon Slinn RAAF 423263 from Australia, Wireless Operator Pilot Officer Charles Ellemann 186688 RAF from United Kingdom, Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Arthur Henry Bedggood 1853408 RAF from United Kingdom and Air Gunner Flight Sergeant Kenneth Naylor 1622999 RAF from United Kingdom. The crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in the United Kingdom. BERRETT Reginald Hughes Sergeant 1890825, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Monday 27th November 1944. Aged 19. Son of Henry Oliver Berrett, and of Ethel Marian Berrett, of Stamford Hill, London. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 225. 26/27 November 1944 - 138 Squadron - Stirling LK151 - NF-E Crashed into the sea near Assens, Denmark. Operation TABLEJAM 69, Denmark.

  
  

• Sources

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