Richard Brown
Service number
944643
Military unit
207 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
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Date of birth
Date of death
02 Mar 1943 (25 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of James Edward and Edith Esther Brown, of Thornhill, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Lancaster I ED533 took off 1833 2 Feb 1943 from Langar to lay mines in French waters. Presumed lost over the sea which was confirmed two months later with the recovery from the water of Richard Brown’s body near Biarritz. No survivors. Fatalities: Ralph Isaacs (P), Richard Brown (FE), George Alexander Bisset (N), Willaim Oliver Shelley (W/Op), Kenneth George Peters (BA), John Walter Webster (AG), Frank Bryce Hawkins (AG).
Military history
BIARRITZ (DU SABAOU) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Div. 9. Grave 6731B.
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