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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Brown | Robert | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon) | 1941-11-07 | Whitley | V | Z6796 | DY-B | Topcliffe | 2214 | Berlin | ? | Killed | Runnymede | Commenced his wartime career with Air Gunner and Wireless Operator courses in early 1941, 19 OTU. Joining 102Sqn (Ceylon), a Whitley unit, at Topcliffe that July. Originally appointed a Rear-Gunner, but afterwards transferring to the duties of a Wireless Operator, he flew his first sortie on the night of 3-4 August, against Frankfurt. The same city was re-visited twice that month, in addition to Cologne and Dortmund, and again on two occasions in early September, Brown recording in his Flying Log Book for the sortie flown on the night of the14th, ‘Hit through astro-dome.’ Duisburg and Wilhelmshaven were attacked in October but on the night of 7-8 November, in a sortie to Berlin, his Whitley was lost. The operations against Berlin on this night marked the last big effort against the enemy’s capital until early 1943, such was the high percentage of losses. Most of these losses, however, were the result of atrocious weather conditions, with storms, thick cloud, icing and hail over the North Sea routes which the attacking force had to follow. Especially vunerable were the Whitleys, some of whom faced headwinds of 100 mph. on their return, thereby reducing them to the fatally low ground speed of just 20 mph. As a result, nine aircraft came down over the sea, while others attempted to make landings in occupied France. Sadly, Brown’s exact fate remains unknown. | ||||||||||||
2 | Bryant | R D | Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon) | 1941-11-07 | Whitley | V | Z6796 | DY-B | Topcliffe | 2214 | Berlin | ? | Killed | Runnymede | ||||||||||||
3 | Leftly | E M | Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon) | 1941-11-07 | Whitley | V | Z6796 | DY-B | Topcliffe | 2214 | Berlin | ? | Killed | Runnymede | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
4 | Matthews | R C | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon) | 1941-11-07 | Whitley | V | Z6796 | DY-B | Topcliffe | 2214 | Berlin | ? | Killed | Runnymede | |||||||||||||
5 | Miller | W | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon) | 1941-11-07 | Whitley | V | Z6796 | DY-B | Topcliffe | 2214 | Berlin | ? | Killed | Runnymede |
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