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Earl Herbert Brown

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Earl Herbert Brown

August 18, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/15685

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

September 17, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 23, 1939
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of James and Winnifred Brown of Onslow Corners, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 60 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WONSERADEEL (KIMSWERD) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row 34. Grave 5.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Earl Hubert Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Earl Hubert Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Earl Hubert Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Earl Hubert Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Earl Hubert Brown– Earl at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.31, November 1941

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    Photo of Earl Hubert Brown – Earl at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.31, November 1941
  • Newspaper Clipping– An article on PO Earl H. Brown from the October 3, 1942 Ottawa Journal.

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    Newspaper Clipping – An article on PO Earl H. Brown from the October 3, 1942 Ottawa Journal.
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    Newspaper Clipping 2
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer EARL HUBERT BROWN is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario, In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II. He died on August 18, 1942 and is buried in WONSERADEEL (KIMSWERD) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD, Netherlands.

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer EARL HUBERT BROWN is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario, In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II. He died on August 18, 1942 and is buried in WONSERADEEL (KIMSWERD) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD, Netherlands.
  • Grave marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave marker – Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England
  • Cemetery– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The NetherlandsThe graves of the crew of a Wellington aircraft attached to 101 (RAF) Sqdn which was lost on operations over enemy territory. They are: RCAF P/O (P) Earl H. Brown of Ottawa and WOII (OB) McBride with RAF Sgts W. J. Justice; J. Skipsey; E. S. Thomas; and F.Sgt D. H. Methven.

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    Cemetery – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The NetherlandsThe graves of the crew of a Wellington aircraft attached to 101 (RAF) Sqdn which was lost on operations over enemy territory. They are: RCAF P/O (P) Earl H. Brown of Ottawa and WOII (OB) McBride with RAF Sgts W. J. Justice; J. Skipsey; E. S. Thomas; and F.Sgt D. H. Methven.

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