Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Gladstone Brass
In memory of:
Flight Lieutenant James Gladstone Brass
December 11, 1944
Military Service
J/10499
27
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
105 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Operational Wings
Additional Information
July 12, 1917
Calgary, Alberta
July 8, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Son of William Ewart G. and Sarah Evelyn (née Bestford) Brass, of Calgary, Alberta.
Flight Lieutenant Brass attended McDougall School, Crescent Heights High School and Mount Royal College. He took flying lessons prior to volunteering for service with the RCAF, and subsequently graduated in March 1942 from No. 10 Flying Service Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba.
Following his transfer to Europe, Flight Lieutenant Brass served as a Flight Instructor in Northern England. After requesting assignment to active service three times, he was assigned to #105 Squadron, Pathfinder Force (R.A.F.)
On 11 December 1944, he was returning from an attack upon Bielefeld, Germany while piloting a Mosquito aircraft #MM152. The severely damaged plane crashed two and one half miles east of Newmarket, Suffolk England.
Flight Lieutenant Brass was survived by his parents and sisters Mary and Margaret, and brother, Signalman Arthur Brass (RCN).
Commemorated on Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom
56. A. 2.
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of James Gladstone Brass – Edmonton, Alberta about 1942 -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Lieutenant James Gladstone Brass is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Lieutenant James Gladstone Brass is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of JAMES GLADSTONE BRASS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of James Gladstone Brass – 1942 -
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Photo 2 of James Gladstone Brass – England 1943 -
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Grave marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Mike and Dale -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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