Brown, Erlin Leslie Ross
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Erlin Leslie Ross |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank and Winifred Jessie Brown. Husband of Frances Eileen Brown, of Welford, Northamptonshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7913 |
Markings | DY-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Florennes Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1, Grave 3. |
Epitaph | WHOM NEITHER SHAPE OF DANGER COULD DISMAY, NOR THOUGHT OF TENDER HAPPINESS BETRAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1263694 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-12-1942 |
End Date | 03-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (31% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 112 aircraft, 6 losses (5.4%). Haze made it difficult for PFF to mark the target. Most bombs fell out of the city, possibly due to a decoy fire. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed south of Rochefort, Belgium |