Grieg, Johan Nordahl Brun
Personal Information
Rank | Capt |
Forename(s) | Johan Nordahl Brun |
Surname | Grieg |
Gender | M |
Age | 41 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-12-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM316 |
Markings | AR-H2 |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | |
Burial/Memorial Place | |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0280 (Block 4, Column 7, Row 1) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 43 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | |
Service | Norwegian Army |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 460 (Australian) |
Trade | Passenger |
Country of Origin | Norway |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at Breighton during WW2, including 460 Sqn RAAF |
Location | Junction of Kirmond Rd (B1203) & Orford Rd, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which operated from Breighton and Binbrook 1941-1945 |
Location | Church of St. Mary & St. Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which served at Binbrook between 1941 and 1945 |
Location | Former ATC Signals Square, Brookenby Industrial Estate, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Location | Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Brookenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
Flying as a war corrrespondent. Controversial yet popular poet and political activist, known to be a communist. Best known work is Til Ungdommen. More on Wikipedia |
Known as Nordahl |
One of three war correspondents to be flying on this operation. Norman Stockton's aircraft also crashed and he was killed, whereas Lowell L. Bennett of the Daily Express crashed but he survived to become a PoW. He was able to escape at one point and filed his story but was then recaptured and spent the remainder of the war in captivity. |
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1908/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1908/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-12-1943 |
End Date | 03-12-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | One of two Binbrook Lancasters which crashed near Doberitz |