Brain, Philip Cecil John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Philip Cecil John |
Surname | Brain |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-08-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | R9154 |
Markings | MG-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. G. 14. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 535701 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-08-1942 |
End Date | 07-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (23% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. The last of series of raids, this time involving 216 aircraft. Most of the bombs fell in open countryside west of the target |
Reason for Loss | Crashed NW of Emmerich, Germany |