Brown, Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Arthur |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-08-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Dawson Brown and Margaret Brown, of Blackhill, Co. Durham. Husband of Mary "Molly" Catherine Brown (née Fenn). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | Z6754 |
Markings | EY- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 12. B. 6. |
Epitaph | RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL. EVER REMEMBERED BY MOTHER, FRANK AND ELLA |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 941387 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at this airfield and gave their lives during World War II |
Location | External, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | 78 Sqn 4 Group Bomber Command Yorkshire 1939 - 1945 To All Who Served |
Location | Internal, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Board, Memorial Chapel featuring Cross made from Halifax wreckage |
Memorial Text | The 78 Sqn Memorial in the Churchyard was dedicated by the Bishop of Selby on 7th September 1986. RAF Breighton, two miles from this church was the Sqn's home from June 1943 to May 1945 |
Location | Outside "B" Hangar, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of all who have lost their lives serving with 78 Sqn Royal Air Force "Nemo Non Paratus - Nobody Unprepared" |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 1918 in Blackhill, Co. Durham. |
Items of wreckage were found by local people in 1969 and three identification plates and after a long search, were given to the surviving family of Arthur in September 2022. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/8369 (P361442/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/660/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/660/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-08-1941 |
End Date | 17-08-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (32% moon) |
Operation | Cologne |
Reason for Loss | Coned by searchlights and shot down above Roermond at 0241hrs by Hptm. Werner Streib of Stab I./NJG 1, crashing into a railway bridge at Buggenum, 5km NNW of Roermond, Holland. The crew were initially buried in Ehrenfriedhof (Cemetery of Honour), Venlo. |