Brown, Robert William Burdon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert William Burdon |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Gerald Burdon Brown, C.B.E., M.A., and Marguerite Brown, of West Moors, Dorsetshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AT156 |
Markings | EA-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Charleroi Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row T. Grave 17. |
Epitaph | MACTE NOVA VIRTUTE, PUER, SIC ITUR AD ASTRA - BE valor, young man, go to the |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 14 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1006781 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 49 |
Trade | Navigator/Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Fiskerton Airfield (Disused) Reepham Rd, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stones with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | RAF Fiskerton. This stone and tree are sited on the airfield in memory of those who served here during World War II |
Location | The National Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served on 49 Squadron 1916-1965 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/481/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/481/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1942 |
End Date | 06-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Cologne |
Reason for Loss | Shot down from 14,500 feet outbound, by a Ju 88 night-fighter (Oblt Wilhelm Herget, II./NJG 1) and crashed 0210 at Roly (Namur), 7 km SSW of Philippeville, Belgium |