Brown, Cyril Macdonald
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Cyril Macdonald |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Date of Death | 10-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Cyril Macdonald Brown and Edith Macdonald Brown, Husband of Edith Bessie Brown, of Hendon, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED882 |
Markings | PM-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2. J. 7-14. |
Epitaph | TO DARLING CYRIL. EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, MOTHER AND BROTHERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 149639 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Squadron Motto | Noli me tangere (Touch me not) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-08-1943 |
End Date | 10-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim |
Reason for Loss | Lost over southern Germany |