Brown, Ernest Henry
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ernest Henry |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 21-10-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest and Beatrice Brown, of Streatham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | T4171 |
Markings | GE-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Block 11. Grave 1062. |
Epitaph | HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 41550 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 58 |
Squadron Motto | Alis nocturnis (On the wings of the night) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/3867 (P355575/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/543/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/543/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-10-1940 |
End Date | 21-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (81% moon) |
Operation | Skoda armaments facility at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia |
Reason for Loss | Successful raid but became the first victim of a Luftwaffe intruder over England, crashing in the Cleveland Hills near Ingleby Greenhow |