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Military service
Service number:
J/88272
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 Sqdn.
Death:
August 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 249.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Braun, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Runnymeade Memorial
P/O Braun served as pilot on Lancaster HK 560 in 115 (RAF) Squadron. . It was one of fhree 115 Sqdn Lancasters lost on the operation to Kiel August 27, 1944. It disappeared without trace and the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial for those with no known grave. They are:<P> P/O (N) Frank E. Morton, from Toronto, Ont.<BR> P/O (AG) William A. Langrill, age 22, from Los Angeles, California<BR> Sgt. James G. Bradford, RAF, age 20, from Angus, Scotland<BR> Sgt. Peter J. Leighton, RAF (his parents lived in Pasadena, California)<BR> Sgt. Albert Seviour, RAF, age 26, from Wiltshire, England<BR> F/S Leonard E. Newnam, RAF, age 23, from Middlesex, England<P> [Sources: //lostbombers.co.uk; They Shall Grow Not Old, published by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba, CWGC.] -
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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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Howard Charles Braun
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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