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BROWN, Richard

Personal Information
Rank W/O
Forename(s) Richard William
Surname Brown
Gender M
Age 24
Decorations
Date of death 15-02-1944
Next of kin Son of Richard and Catherine Florence Brown, of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number DV236
Markings SR-G
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Grave Reference 5. C. 8..
Epitaph O FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND, AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL!" MUM (From Break Break Break by Alfred Lord Tennyson)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 14
Enlistment information
Service Number 756017
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 1
Squadron 101
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
McConnell D W (P/O)
Young L (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 15-02-1944
End Date 16-02-1944
Takeoff Station Ludford Magna
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Berlin
Reason for Loss On ABC duties. Picked up by a night-fighter and sent down from 17,000 feet over Berlin.