Brown, Duncan Stewart
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Duncan Stewart |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry Duncan Brown and Martha Della Brown, of Headingly, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NR233 |
Markings | NP-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brussels Town Cemetery |
Grave Reference | X. 27. 28. |
Epitaph | EVER REMEMBERED, EVER LOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/94612 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Brown Peninsula, Manitoba; 20km south of the Nunavut provincial border |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Peninsula |
Memorial Text |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
The surviving crew members were all injured but crashed behind the Allied lines |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1050/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1050/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-12-1944 |
End Date | 18-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 523 aircraft, 8 Halifaxes lost (1.5%). A successful raid. 346 houses destroyed and 524 badly damaged. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed north of Brussels |