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Military service
Service number:
J/40082
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
171 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
January 23, 1923
Perth, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 8, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 17, 1945
Murlenback, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 9. K. 18-25.
Additional information
Son of James and Ivy Alice (nee Cumplen) Brown of Mission City, British Columbia. Brother of James and Isobel.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 7 March 1947.
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Cemetery
Family photo, Rheinburg, War Cenetery Germany 171 Sqdn Halifax ( LK874 ) airborne 2339hrs 16 April 1945 from North Creake. Collided in mid-air with a 156 Sqdn Lancaster ( PB403 ), the bulk of the debris being found in woods near Murlenbach-Godesbachtal Germany. Under the directions of American soldiers, all the bodies of both crews were recovered by German civilians and buried in a mass grave alongside the road 200yrd from Murlenbach. Reburied 13th March 1948 Rheinberg British Cemetery.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Allen Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Allen Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Allen Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 499 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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