Browne, Peter Leighton
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Peter Leighton |
Surname | Browne |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-10-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alan Leighton Browne and Eileen Rowena Browne, of East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z8844 |
Markings | KO-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. A. 18-21. |
Epitaph | ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND. Hymn O Valiant Hearts based on a poem of the same name by Sir John Stanhope Arkwright |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 137 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 400407 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/9631 (P362987/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/888/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/888/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-10-1941 |
End Date | 14-10-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (46% moon) |
Operation | Munich |
Reason for Loss | Lost over Germany |