Brown, Dennis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Dennis |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy Leopold and Dorothy Brown, of Chester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF427 |
Markings | LS-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 143. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1125561 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/62 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/61 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-07-1943 |
End Date | 31-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Remscheid. 273 aircraft, 15 losses (5.5%). Previously not bombed. This raid marked the end of the battle of the Ruhr. Oboe ground marking was used and the main force bombed particularly accurately. A post war British survey estimated that 83% of the city was destroyed by just 871 tons of bombs. Most of the town's industry Lost 3 months of production and never regained its fully capacity. 3115 homes were destroyed and 1120 people killed |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed north of Manheim village, west of Kerpen and 15km west of Koln, Germany. Not to be confused with Mannheim, as some sources do for this aircraft. Local sources state that the aircraft came down in an easterly direction at low altitude, ablaze and heading for the village of Manheim, but turned away from the village at the last minute, possibly to prevent it crashing on the houses. The same source also states that the local scrap dealer dug up one of the engines in 1950 and sold it for scrap, for which he gave the landowner a box of cigars. |