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BROWN, Ernest

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Ernest Henry
Surname Brown
Gender M
Age 25
Decorations
Date of death 21-10-1940
Next of kin Son of Ernest and Beatrice Brown, of Streatham.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Serial Number T4171
Markings GE-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery
Grave Reference Block 11. Grave 1062..
Epitaph HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 136
Enlistment information
Service Number 41550
Service Royal Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 58
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Adlam L F P (Sgt)
Caryll-Tilkin M C (Sgt)
Green C S G (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-10-1940
End Date 21-10-1940
Takeoff Station Linton-on-Ouse
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Skoda armaments facility at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia
Reason for Loss Successful raid but became the first victim of a Luftwaffe intruder over England, crashing in the Cleveland Hills near Ingleby Greenhow