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Sergeant

Clifford Brown

Service number 1356420
Military unit 408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Date of birth 20 Jan 1920
Date of death 27 Mar 1942 (22 years old)
Place of birth Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Employment, education or hobbies

Railway Clerk

Family history

Son of Clifford and Nellie Brown, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Military history

27/28 March 1942 Hampden AT176 408 Sqn. Took off 19.21 from RAF Balderton to mine lay the Weser Estuary. Intercepted by 22.42, North Sea off Terschelling by Bf110 R4+EC night fighter piloted by Oblt Helmut Lent NJG2 killing all crew.
F/L William Brown RCAF
Sgt Charles Dunn RCAF
Sgt Robert Howell
Sgt Clifford Brown - All missing.

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