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Sergeant

Robert Brown

Service number 1053806
Military unit 408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Date of birth
Date of death 21 Jan 1942 (19 years old)
Place of birth Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

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Military history

21/22 January 1942 Hampden X3051 408 Sqn. Took off from RAF Balderton part of 54 aircraft raid to bomb Bremen. Lost without trace , although new data shows X3051 may have been lost in combat or collided with Bf110 D-3 R4+JP which was also lost without trace in the North Sea, 20 km west of Petten with the crew Uffz Kurt Zipperlein and Gefr Werner Schunter.

5 Groups way points being in this location and the Bf110 being vectored to the area.
P/O Harold Clarke RCAF
Sgt Peter Chapple
Sgt Reginald Eves
Sgt Robert Brown - All missing.

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