Carpe Diem - 576 Squadron RAF

CREW MEMBER PROFILE
Surname:	BRADY		First Name/s:	Charles John

Service No/s:	R170692	Service:	RCAF	Branch:	Air Bomber

Awards:	1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteers Service Medal (CVSM) & clasp.

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Date	Event	Aircraft Flown
SERVICE RECORDS
16 Mar 1942 16 Mar 1942	Attested for the RCAF.
10 Jun 1942 10 Jun 1942	Enlisted as Aircraftsmand Seocnd Class (AC2) at 11 Recruiting Centre (RC), Toronto, ON, mustering as Aircrew, Initial Training School (ITS)
10 Jun 1942 10 Jun 1942	No. 1 Manning Depot (MD), Toronto, ON.
10 Aug 1942 10 Aug 1942	No. 6 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Dunnville, ONT.
12 Oct 1942 12 Oct 1942	No. 6 Initial Training School (ITS), No. 64 Course, Toronto, ON.
18 Dec 1942 18 Dec 1942	Promoted to Leading Aircraftsman (LAC), re-mustering as Pilot, Std
09 Jan 1943 09 Jan 1943	No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), No. 72 Course, Oshawa, ON.	Tiger Moth
20 Mar 1943 20 Mar 1943	No. 14 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), No. 77Course 77, Aylmer, ON	Harvard
08 May 1943 08 May 1943	Pilot training discontinued, re-mustered as Air Bomber Std.
09 May 1943 09 May 1943	No. 1 Manning Depot (MD), Toronto, ON.
29 May 1943 29 May 1943	No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS), 83 Course, Fingal, ON.	Anson, Bolingbroke
21 Aug 1943 21 Aug 1943	No. 1 Air Observer School (AOS), 83 Course, Malton, ON.	Anson
21 Aug 1943 21 Aug 1943	No. 1 Air Observer School (AOS), 83 Course, Malton, ON.	Anson
01 Oct 1943 01 Oct 1943	Awarded Air Bomber (AB) Flying Badge & promoted to Sgt. Re-mustered as Air Bomber ‘Spec’, Grp 2.
15 Oct 1943 15 Oct 1943	No. 1 'Y' Embarkation Depot, Halifax NS.
22 Oct 1943 22 Oct 1943	Embarked Halifax, NS.
30 Oct 1943 30 Oct 1943	Disembarked UK.
31 Oct 1943 31 Oct 1943	No. 3 (RCAF) Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Bournemouth
08 Dec 1943 08 Dec 1943	Aircrew NCO’s School, Whitley Bay, Northumberland until 4 January 1944.
25 Jan 1944 25 Jan 1944	No. 3 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit (3(O)AFU), 179 (AB) Course, RAF Halfpenny Green (near Stourbridge/Bridgnorth).
14 Mar 1944 14 Mar 1944	No.30 Operational Training Unit (OTU), 37 Course, Hixon, Staffordshire; joins S F Durrant crew.	Wellington
30 May 1944 30 May 1944	No. 11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for No. 1 Group heavy bomber conversions.
31 May 1944 31 May 1944	No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire OR No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Sandtoft, Yorkshire OR 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Lindholme, Yorkshire tbc (Halifax/Lancaster tbc. Date tbc.	Lancaster/Halifax
01 Jul 1944 01 Jul 1944	No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell, Lincolnshire (Lancaster) – only if Lancasters not flown on HCU tbc. Date tbc.	Lancaster
28 Jul 1944 28 Jul 1944	No. 576 Squadron, ‘A’ Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire Ops (16): S F Durrant crew 01 Aug 44 – Promoted to Flight Sergeant 10 Aug 44 – Dugny 11 Aug 44 – Douai; intercom u/s 14 Aug 44 – Fontaine le Pin 15 Aug 44 – Le Culot (Beauvechain) 18 Aug 44 – Wemaers Cappel; hit by flak 25 Aug 44 – Russelsheim 29 Aug 44 – Stettin 03 Sep 44 – Eindhoven 05 Sep 44 – Le Havre; DNTO: not bombed up in time 06 Sep 44 – Le Havre 08 Sep 44 – Le Havre 10 Sep 44 – Le Havre 12 Sep 44 – Frankfurt 15 Sep 44 – Arnholt; gardening 16 Sep 44 – Leeuwarden 20 Sep 44 – Calais / Sangatte	Lancaster
01 Aug 1944 01 Aug 1944	Promoted to Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt).	Lancaster
23 Sep 1944 23 Sep 1944	Neuss; lost in NN711 UL-L2, aged 25 Claimed by Oblt Lothar Jarsch 4/NJG2 at a height of 3,900m. Crashed at 2020 and burst into flames on impact at Kapellen, Moers, N of Neuss, and was totally destroyed. No survivors. Brady’s body discovered on 27 Sep near Krefeld. Crew initially buried at Kapellen Communal Cemetery and re-buried on 16 Oct 47 at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, grave 30.F.14 ‘WHATEVER JOY OR GRIEF BE OURS WE WILL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU’	Lancaster

Date	Aircraft	Code	Flight Details	T/O	Land	Flt Time	Crew
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS
10 Aug 1944	LM227	UL-I²	DUGNY (PARIS)	0920	1440	5h20	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Aviation fuel storage depot. Spitfire escort. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs
11 Aug 1944	ME801	UL-C²	DOUAI	1400	1730	3h30	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Marshalling Yards Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Intercom u/s.
14 Aug 1944	ME801	UL-C²	FONTAINE LE PIN BATTLE AREA	1325	1730	4h05	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Enemy positions in Normandy battle area. Flown in support of the 3rd Canadian Division which was advancing on Falaise. Load: 20x 500lb bombs
15 Aug 1944	ME801	UL-C²	LE CULOT (BEAUVECHAIN)	1005	1405	4h00	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Luftwaffe night fighter base Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs
25 Aug 1944	LM594	UL-A²	RUSSELSHEIM	2015	0520	9h05	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Opel factory for V1 wings & fuselages & built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 12x500 4lb incendiary clusters.
29 Aug 1944	PD232	UL-F²	STETTIN	2105	0635	nk	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Port Area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries Note: S D Thompson RAAF flew his ‘second dickie’ with one of these crews
03 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	EINDHOVEN	1535	1945	4h10	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Luftwaffe airfield. Spitfire escort Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs One aircraft (unidentified) diverted due to weather.
05 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	LE HAVRE	DNTO	nk	N/A	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Enemy strongpoints & HQ in port area Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Not bombed up in time.
06 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	LE HAVRE	1710	2000	2h50	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Enemy strongpoints & pockets of resistance Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs
08 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	LE HAVRE	0640	1010	3h30	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Enemy strongoints to the north of the town & pockets of resistance Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs 10 Aircraft allocated Aiming Point 12, 5 aircraft allocated Aiming Point 13 Master Bomber instructed crews who had not bombed to return with their bombs due to increasing low cloud cover.
10 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	LE HAVRE	1640	2035	3h55	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Enemy strongpoint ½ mile SW of the Forêt de Montgeon Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. Port surrenders.
12 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	FRANKFURT	1810	0200	7h50	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Marshaling yards Load: A2 & D2: 10x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs All other a/c: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14x Type 14 incendiary clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries One aircraft (unidentified) bombed a Last Resort Target.
15 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	PALLAU, POLWYSEP-HEL, & ARNHOLT	2220	0435	6h15	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Gardening *Mis-spelt in ORBs Load: A2 & B2: 4x 1800lb, 5x 1500lb mines All iother a/c: 4x 1800lb, 6x 1500lb mines Area ‘A’ PALLAU Pillau ‘Tangerine’ 2 a/c Area ‘B’ POLWYSEP HEL Gdynia ‘Spinach’ 6 a/c Area ‘C’ ARNHOLT Kattegat ‘Silverthorne’ 2/ac This aircraft Garden: Silverthorne (Anholt)
16 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	LEEUWARDEN	0040	0415	3h35	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Luftwaffe Airfield (flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN) Load: 20x 500lb bombs.
20 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	CALAIS (SANGATTE)	1505	1840	3h35	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Coastal guns & defences Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.
23 Sep 1944	NN711	UL-L²	NEUSS	1850	FTR	uk	P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant P2 FE Sgt R.E. Pearce AB Flt Sgt C.J. Brady RCAF NAV Fg Off J. Johnstone WOp Flt Sgt J.R. McIntyre RAAF MUG Sgt J.G. MacKey RCAF RG Sgt D. Spowart
NOTES:	Marshalling Yards Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Attacked by Oblt. Lothar Jarsch of 4./NJG2 at 2229 and at 3,500m (also claimed by a flak battery). Crashed at Kappelen, near Duisburg. All the crew were killed and buried initially at Kappelen Communal Cemetery and re-interred on 26 Oct 47 at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen. 30.F.13 ASLEEP IN GOD'S BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN

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