James Wilfred Henry Brown
Service number
136035
Military unit
138 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
20 Sep 1943 (35 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
He was an ashphalt worker in 1939.
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Family history
He was the son of John and Elizabeth A Brown of Nottingham. Husband of Annie Brown and father to James D Brown. In 1939, they lived at 52, Southwold Drive, Radford, Nottingham.
Military history
Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E Row 4 Grave 15
Halifax V DG252 took off from Tempsford on Operation Catarrh 14 / Leek 9 setting course for the Arnhem DZs in Holland. These 138 Sqdn targets were actually manned by the Germans.
5 men were killed:
Brown (Navigator) + George Alfred Berwick, Hugh Burke, Albert Hughes and Richard Pennington Wilkin.
Extra information
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Photographs
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