Brown, Frederick George
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick George |
Surname | Brown |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick and Ada Temperance Brown, Husband of Dorothy Constance Brown, of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3706 |
Markings | GT-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Viroflay New Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row A. Grave 16. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF DEAR FRED. HIS WIFE, STONY STRATFORD, BUCKS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 944101 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 156 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary Magdalene Church, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | We light the way" This tablet is placed in memory of Flight Lieutenant JL Sloper DFC and Bar, RAFVR. And in tribute to all who served with 156 Squadron Path Finders Force at RAF Warboys, 1942-1945, In gratitude. |
Location | Tithe Farm, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillars and inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | From this RAF Station Warboys 156 squadrons No 8 (PFF) group, marked targets for Bomber Command 1942-1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1041/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1041/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-05-1942 |
End Date | 30-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Alconbury |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Gennevilliers- Gnome & Rhone factory. Aerial photographs show little or no damage to the factory. Some damage to local houses and 34 French people reported killed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Dugny in the outskirts of Paris |