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BROWN, Robert William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 414768 |
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Enlisted: | 9 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 35 Squadron (RAF - No. 8 Group PFF) |
Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 2 August 1921 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, France, 19 October 1944, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Wintzenbach Protestant Churchyard Grave 1 Headstone Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE", Wintzenbach Protestant Churchyard, Wintzenbach, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 414768 | |
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9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414768, No. 35 Squadron (RAAF) - WW2 | |
19 Oct 1944: | Involvement Flying Officer, No. 35 Squadron (RAF - No. 8 Group PFF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Robert and Margaret BROWN of Manly Vale, New South Wales.
Flying Officer Robert William Brown DFC 414768 was killed in the loss of Lancaster ND755 of Number 35 Squadron RAF near Wintzenbach, France