Harry Rowan Briggs
Service number
53303
Military unit
207 Sqdn Royal Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
10 Jun 1944 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Wilfrid Stanley and Kathleen Mary Briggs, of Bramcote, Nottinghamshire; husband of Iris Pamela Briggs, of King's Heath, Birmingham
Military history
Lancaster I ME678 took off 2152 9 June 1944 from Spilsby to bomb a railway junction in support of the Normandy Beachhead. Shot down and totally destroyed by a night-fighter crashing at la Feuillie (Seine- Maritime) 28 km E of Rouen. No survivors. Fatalities: HR Briggs (P), GW Boswell (FE), HM Murray (N), MT Kelly (W/Op), BGD Bujac (AB), PG Skuce (AG), JA Surridge (AG).
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
No photos