John Henry BROWN

BROWN, John Henry

    Service Number: 418915
    Enlisted: 20 June 1942
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder - Western Australia, Australia, 4 August 1912
    Home Town: Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Mining Engineer
    Died: Aircraft JO-E shot down during night bombing raid - Lille (Fr), Lille, France, 10 May 1944, aged 31 years
    Cemetery: Hellemmes-Lille Communal Cemetery
    Row A. Grave 6., Hellemmes-Lille Communal Cemetery, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    20 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 418915, Aircrew Training Units
    20 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418915
    10 May 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418915, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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    Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

    Flight Sergeant John Henry BROWN was the  Wireless Operator of Lancaster tail number LL891 C/S JO-E of No. 463 Squadron RAAF based at Waddington in Lincolnshire.

    He was killed in action in the course of a night bombing raid on the French city and major rail junction of Lille, in northern France, on the night of 10/11 May 1944.  There were no survivors.

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