| Operation FLECKNEY 1 (Germany) |
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| 161st Squadron R.A.F |
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| November 27, 1944 |
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| (Note.) Article published with authorization of Paul Remy. |
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| The LOCKHEED HUDSON T 9463 - MA-L crashed on the south-east border of Belgium and Luxembourg at Houffalize, East Belgium. |
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| On Sunday, November 26, 1944, at 20h48, a Lockheed-Hudson bomber of the 161st Squadron took off from the English airport of Tempsford. On board were four members of crew: |
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| The Squadron Leader Reginald E Wilkinson, the Flying Officer John Weddell. |
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| The radio operator, Frederick J Champion, and George H Ash, the machine gunner. |
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Their mission was to parachute an intelligence agent, Paul Penczock, alias Paul Woderski, behind the enemy lines close to the town of Arnstadt in Germany.
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| On its return, towards 0200h in the morning, the bomber was flying to the North-East of Houffalize when it unfortunately crashed in a meadow near to “Drogny”, 1 km to the south of Brisy. |
| Note: (Shot down probably by an american P-61 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. The Hudson war coming back from the Operation Fleckney 1) |
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| The four members of crew were killed and were buried in the military cemetery of Evere, close to Brussels, on December 2, 1944. |
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| At the initiative of Paul Remy, and with the assistance of municipal authorities of Gouvy, a monument was erected in memory of the airmen. It is located along the road from Brisy to Cetturu. |
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| Monument of Brisy erected in 2011 |
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| Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Lockeed Hudson's crash at Brisy |
| November 27, 2014 (Photos H.Rogister) |
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| Source: http://ardennesavions45.blogspot.be/2010/12/le-brisy.html |
