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BROWN, Roy

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number ED858
Markings GT-R
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 4. F. 10..
Epitaph WHO DIED FOR US, THAT, WHETHER WE WAKE OR SLEEP, WE SHOULD LIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 137
Enlistment information
Service Number 1213064
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 8
Squadron 156
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-06-1943
End Date 25-06-1943
Takeoff Station Warboys
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Wuppertal. 630 aircraft, 34 losses (5.4%). An attack on the Elberfeld half of the town- the Barmen half having been devastated a month ago. PFF marking was accurate but creepback was more evident than normal. A post-war British survey suggest that 95% of the Elberfeld half was destroyed. Approximately 1800 deaths, 300 homes destroyed and 171 businesses knocked out.
Reason for Loss Crashed near Cologne