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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force (↑)	Command (↑)	Unit (↑)	DateofIncident *See Note (↑)	Aircraft (↑)	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1951	Brooking	George R	Major	O-432038		USA	Pilot		USAAF	365th Fighter Group	386th Fighter Squadron	1944-10-12	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1952	Brookins	Richard C	1st Lt	O-422898		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-06	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1953	Brooks	G W	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426 Sqd RCAF	1944-10-06	Halifax	VII	NP739	OW-U	Linton on Ouse	1642	Dortmund		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
1954	Brooks	H L	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1944-07-12	Lancaster	III	LM638	KM-P	Dunholme Lodge	2143	Culmont	Collided with 576 Sqn Lancaster ND859 UL-L2 & crashed at Auberive {Haute-Marne}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
1955	Brooks	Cyril	Flight Sergeant				Flight Engineer			Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1945-04-04	Lancaster	I	RF182	PH-P	Wickenby	2054	Lutzkendorf	Crashed near Braunsbedra	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery			Interned Sweden 1944 in Lancaster ND324
1956	Brooks	Cyril	Sergeant				Flight Engineer			Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-01-05	Lancaster	III	ND324	PH-E	Wickenby	2356	Stettin		Interned				Born 1925-02-11 Stefan Siverud on Helpdesk reports plane crash landed about 20 km NW from Swedish base Kalmar outside the village Nickebo. Shot up by a Bf 109 and Fw 190 (the Fw probably piloted by Ofw Kurt Welter of 5/JG 302, but this is impossible to confirm). The crew was interned at Fr?mby, later moved to Korsn?s, and returned to Britain in September 1944. The entire crew less Butler (who was replaced by Biddlecombe for reasons yet unknown) was shot down and killed aboard Lancaster RF182 shortly before the end of the war.
1957	Brooks	D	Sergeant							Bomber Command	77 Sqd	1944-06-25	Halifax	III	LL549	KN-N	Full Sutton	750	Montorqueil	Collided with 102 Sqn Halifax III MZ753 DY-M & crashed at Fontaine l'Etalon {Pas-de-Calais}	Killed	Fontaine l'Etalon Churchyard
1958	Brose	Carl L	2nd Lt	O-763478		USA	Pilot		USAAF	358th Fighter Group	365th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-25	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
1959	Brosnan	J L	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	463 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-04	Lancaster	I	PB792	JO-Q	Waddington	1627	Heilbronn	Crashed at le Hohwald {Bas-Rhin}	Killed	Choloy War Cemetery France
1960	Brosnan	John Lane	Flight Sergeant	428396		Australia			RAAF		463 Sqd RAAF	1944-12-04												RAAF Honour Roll
1961	Brothers	Warwick	W/O	405470	Age 22	New Zealand	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RNZAF	Bomber Command	178 Sqd	1944-07-06	Liberator	B.Vl	EV822	V	Amendola, Italy	2141	Attack Feuersbrunn air field, Austria	See Archive report	Killed	Belgrade War Cemetery. Collective grave 5. E. 5-7	Courtesy AWMM		Born on the 03rd June 1912 at Christchurch. Worked as a truck driver for Thos Borthwickand sons at Masterton. Enlisted at Levin on the 25th May 1941. Trained with No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School on the 05th July 1941 and then with No, 3 Service Flying Training School on the 15th August 1941. Pilots badge awarded on the 29th September 1941 and promoted to sergeant on the 08th November 1941. Embarked for England on the 17th November 1941.After further training with various units embarked for Gold Coast on 30th May 1942. Attached to Aircraft Delivery Unit on the up till July 1942 ferrying single and multi-engine aircraft commissioned on the 08th July 1943. Joined 178 squadron on the 24th December 1943. Son of Hugh McKay McNaughton and Martha Anne McNaughton (née Pitstock, later Jones), of Hastings. Husband of Katherine Moira McNaughton (née McKerchar), of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 1090 flying hours logged and on his 32nd operational sortie.	Archive Report on loss
1962	Brotherton	Leslie Arthur	Sergeant	1576786			Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	10 Sqn	1944-06-09	Halifax	III	MZ532	ZA:Z	Melbourne	00:21	Laval	Crashed at St-Berthevin {Mayenne}	Killed Age 24	Laval (Valfleury) Communal Cemetery, E. Sub-Sec. D. Row 1. Grave 42937.			During the night of June 9 to 10, 1944, fourteen airmen of the Royal Air Force died on mission in Entrammes and Saint-Berthevin. Two stelae will be erected in honor of these allied fighters. The story translated from French (laval.maville.com). June 1944. Entrammes aerodrome was at the heart of the fighting from the first days of the D-Day landings. On the night of the 9th to the 10th, 10 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, whose motto is Rem Acu Tangere ("I hit the target") is assigned to carry out a mission. Having left Melbourne in Yorkshire, England, he had to bomb Laval aerodrome. Two German squadrons of Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter bombers are stationed there. It's 00:15 hrs “It's still a full moon. It offers excellent visibility on the objective, ”specifies Honorary Battalion Commander Jean-Louis Cholet, President of the Laval Committee for French Remembrance. A wave of 25 bombers is about to release their bombs. Arriving on a NW axis, even before the attack, one of the aircraft fell victim to German flak. MZ532, a four-engine Handley Page Halifax III, was hit at Saint-Berthevin (on the site of the current La Girandière residence) by a flak post. The bomber drops its bombs near the wood of L'Huisserie (near the current agricultural school) before crashing in flames at Le Pont-Alain, in Saint-Berthevin. It is 00:21 hrs. On board seven men: an Australian, the pilot, and six Britons are killed. “They didn't have time to jump. They crashed in 20 to 30 seconds. The bodies of the navigator Henderson and the machine-gunner Wicks, horribly mutilated, were buried in the same coffin, continues Jean-Luc Peslier, president of the Mayenne friendly of the Air Force. Since the target is not large, we can assume that the attack took place at medium altitude. This could explain why the crew could not jump before the crash. "The other 24 bombers continued their mission. They hit the airfield which becomes a building site. In the attack, a second Halifax, MZ 684, was hit by the German defence. It is 00:30 hrs. “It descends at the southern exit of the village of Entrammes in a field behind the farm Les Poiriers. The crew, five British and two Canadians, are wiped out. “Their bodies were collected by local farmers under duress from the Germans who did not want to disperse. Only the bodies of the pilot and the mechanic were identifiable. The fourteen airmen of the Royal Air Force have since rested in the Vaufleury cemetery.
1963	Brough	R H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	578 Sqd	1944-06-06	Halifax	III	MZ619	LK-H	Burn	231	Chateaudun	Crashed near Jallans {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	Villeneuve-St-Georges New Communal Cemetery
1964	Browett	D H G	Sergeant							Bomber Command	50 Sqd	1944-06-08	Lancaster	I	LL841	VN-O	Skellingthorpe	2249	Rennes		Killed	Bayeaux War Cemetery France
1965	Brown	Edgar Barwood	Flight Sergeant	414757		Australia	W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqd RAAF	1944-07-18	Lancaster	I	LL957	AR-E2	Binbrook	2302	Attack the synthetic-oil plant at Gelsenkirchen. Scholven-Buer	Crashed Roggel {Limburg} 10 km NW of Roermond	Killed Age 24	Jonkerbos War Cemetery 12. F. 8. Epitaph: HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS			Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Richard Richter of the 10./NJG 3, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 from Düsseldorf airfield (Germany). The victory was achieved in co-operation with searchlights. Son of Edgar Barwood Brown, and Mary Charlotte Brown, of Hawthorne, Queensland, Australia.
1966	Brown	J E	Warrant Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	460 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-29	Lancaster	I	ME784	AR-	Binbrook	1227	Siracourt	Force landed at Manston Kent on return
1967	Brown	Donald Edgar	Flight Sergeant	437332	6 August 1913, Kanina, SA, Australia	Australian	Navigator		RAAF	Bomber Command	463 Sqd RAAF	1944-10-06	Lancaster	III	LM375	JO-B	Waddington	1740	Bremen	Claimed by Oblt. Walter Briegleb from 10./NJG3 at 2044hrs (Local), NW of Leer at 5300 m. His Ju88 G-1 D5+EV was in turn shot down by Flt.Lt. Gallacher, Mosquito NT234 of 141 Sqn. (Nachtjagd War Diaries - Theo Boiten) LM375 crashed at 2100 hrs at Nessebury (Aussendeich), NW of Papenburg	PoW No.1016, Stalag Luft 7
1968	Brown	D A	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	466 Sqd RAAF	1944-05-12	Halifax	III	LV826	HD-J	Leconfield	2135	Hassett		Killed	Runnymede
1969	Brown	H K	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	467 Sqd RAAF	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	ND729	PO-L	Waddington	2233	Prouville	Crashed at Mareuil-Caubert {Somme}	Killed	Mareuil-Caubert Communal Cemetery
1970	Brown	B H	Flight Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1944-11-06	Lancaster	III	LM624	DX-A	East Kirkby	1631	Gravenhorst		Killed	Runnymede
1971	Brown	Donald George Wentworth	Flight Sergeant	AUS/420436			Air/Bmr		RAAF	Bomber Command	9 Sqd	1944-07-12	Lancaster	I	LM221	WS-K	RAF Baldney, Lincolnshire	2159	Culmont	See archive report for further details	Killed	Cour-I'Évêque Churchyard, France			Read Archive Report
1972	Brown	Bert A	Sergeant		Age ?		W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	514 Sqd	1944-06-30	Lancaster	III	PB178	JI-P	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire	1818	Villers-Bocage	See archive report for further details	Injured	None			Read Archive Report
1973	Brown	J W	Sergeant	1710052			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-02-24	Lancaster	I	LM310	QR-E	RAF Conningsby, Lincolnshire	1829	Schweinfurt	Crashed target area	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery. Grave 1.K.12			Read Archive Report
1974	Brown	Norman Wells	Sergeant	1323802			Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	9 Sqn	1944-06-24	Lancaster	I	LL853	WS:W	Bardney	22:51	Prouville	See Archive report for details	Killed	Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery. Grave 1				Read Archive Report
1975	Brown	Thomas Anthony Victor	Flight Sergeant	1549104			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	171 Sqd	1944-12-09	Halifax	III	NA674	6Y-Q	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	1735	Bomber Support	Shot down by AA fire. Crashed at Kennfus, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Plot 9, Row K, Grave No. 1			Read Archive Report
1976	Brown	Stanley Albert	Flight Sergeant	1399174			Air Bomber		RAFVR	Bomber Command	171 Sqd	1944-12-09	Halifax	III	NA674	6Y-Q	RAF North Creake, Norfolk	1735	BS	Shot down by AA fire. Crashed at Kennfus, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery - Plot 9, Row K, Collective Grave 5-7			Read Archive Report
1977	Brown	John Henry	Sergeant	2209145	1922		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	77 Sqn	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ698	KN-J	Full Sutton	2320	Sterkrade	See Archive Report	Killed	Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot KK. Grave 96				Archive Report
1978	Brown	C H	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	100 Sqd	1944-09-12	Lancaster	I	ME828	HW-F	Grimsby	1810	Frankfurt		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
1979	Brown	D S	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1944-12-17	Halifax	III	NR233	NP-J	Lissett	258	Duisburg	Crashed at Braibant {Namur}	Killed	Brussels Town Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	See Paradie Archive
1980	Brown	E	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	LV910	QB-Y	Skipton on Swale	2222	Metz		PoW			Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
1981	Brown	Herbert	Pilot Officer W/Op Air Gunner	Not known					RCAF	Bomber Command	434 Sqd RCAF	1944-12-17	Halifax	III	NR118	WL-U	RAF Croft, Yorkshire	250	Duisburg	Crashed at Pescke	Baled out - safe within allied lines	None		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
1982	Brown	James Albert	Flying Officer	J/28760		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	439 Sqd RCAF	1944-11-06	Typhoon	Ib	MN345	5V-G	B-78 Eindhoven	11:10	Armed recce	Hit by flak, abandoned near Deventer	PoW			Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
1983	Brown	William Wood Lindsay	Flight Lieutenant	J/16571		Canadian	Pilot	MiD	RCAF	Fighter Command	441 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-13	Spitfire	IX	NH178		RAF Digby, Lincolnshire		Recce	Crashed near Vrie	Killed	Ranville War Cemetery V.F.12		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
1984	Brown	D C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	626 Sqd	1944-06-30	Lancaster	III	ND952	UM-E2	Wickenby	2210	Vierzon	Crashed at Theillay {Loir-et-Cher}	Killed	Theillay Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive
1985	Brown	S C	Flying Officer	NZ414583					RNZAF	Bomber Command	158 Sqd	1943-06-12	Halifax	II	HR740	NP-K	Lissett	2312	Bochum	Crashed at Noord Berghuizen Holland	PoW
1986	Brown	George	Flight Lieutenant	NZ/413374	Born on the 02nd May 1919 Age 25	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	51 Sqd	1944-06-08	Halifax	III	LW546	MH-R	RAF Snaith, Yorkshire	1910	Hazebrouck	See archive report for further details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 262			Son of George and Jane Brown (née Atkinson), of Carterton, Wellington, New Zealand. Worked in the Bank of New Zealand as a clerk prior to service. Enlisted on the 15th June 1941 at Levin. A total of 1225 flying hours logged.	Read Archive Report
1987	Brown	N	Sergeant							Bomber Command	10 Sqd	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	MZ773	ZA-Y	Melbourne	2128	Braunschweig	Crashed at Vollenerfehn	PoW
1988	Brown	J N	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	101 Sqd	1944-06-30	Lancaster	I	DV301	SR-I	Ludford Magna	2219	Vierzon	Crashed at Langon {Loir-et-Cher}	Killed	Langon Communal Cemetery
1989	Brown	N N	Sergeant							Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-12-09	Halifax	III	LL555	DY-W	Pocklington	1619	Munster	Crash landed at Woodbridge Suffolk on return	Injured
1990	Brown	A	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	102 Sqd (Ceylon)	1944-12-05	Halifax	III	MZ450	DY-B	Pocklington	1757	Soest	returned damaged
1991	Brown	David	Sergeant	2209219	1925		Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	III	ND439	PH-K	Wickenby	18:39	Berlin	Outbound shot down from 24,000 feet by a night-fighter and crashed at Kolrep 12km NW of Kyritz and on the main road leading to Pritzwalk. Those who perished were initially buried in Kolrep Cemetery except for the two air gunners whose remains were never found	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 225			Son of David and Mary Brown, of Everton, Lancashire
1992	Brown	I K	Flying Officer							Bomber Command	149 Sqd (East India)	1944-06-23	Stirling	III	LK386	OJ-O	Methwold		Gardening	Crashed at Hartfordbridge Airfield on return
1993	Brown	R G	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot			Fighter	268 Sqd	1944-06-10	Mustang	Ia	FD449						Evaded
1994	Brown	R G	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot			Fighter	268 Sqd	1944-06-18	Mustang	I	FD447
1995	Brown	N	Flight Lieutenant							Bomber Command	35 Sqd (Madras Presidency)	1944-12-23	Lancaster	III	PB683	TL-H	Graveley	1042	Koln	Collided with last and crashed in the sea	Killed
1996	Brown	H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	424 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	LV910	QB-Y	Skipton on Swale	2222	Metz		Evader
1997	Brown	Raymond Alexander	Flying Officer	J/21136		Canadian	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	2 TAF	439 Sqd RCAF	1944-06-23	Typhoon	Ib	MN663	5V-	RAF Hurn		Armed recce	Hit by flak. Pilot abandoned aircraft off the Isle of Wight	Rescued			Accident report		Paradie RCAF database
1998	Brown	John	Flight Sergeant	1575151	1913		Bomb Aimer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	576 Sqn	1944-06-16	Lancaster	III	PA997	UL:D2	Elsham Wolds	22:53	Synthetic Oil Plant Sterkrade	Claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs.(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 17 Row C Grave 9			Son of Frank and Elizabeth Brown, of Congleton; husband of Joan Bradwell Brown, of Congleton
1999	Brown	J E	Flying Officer							Bomber Command	582 Sqd	1944-12-10	Lancaster	III	ND880	6O-A	Little Staughton	829	Wanne-Eickel	Crash landed at Manston
2000	Brown	R T	Sergeant							Bomber Command	640 Sqd	1944-06-02	Halifax	III	LW434	C8-H	Leconfield	2227	Trappes	Crashed Bretigny-sur-Orge {Essonne}	Killed	Bretigny-sur-Oige Communal Cemetery