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Military service
Service number:
J/15685
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
September 17, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 23, 1939
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
August 18, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 34. Grave 5.
Additional information
Son of James and Winnifred Brown of Onslow Corners, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Earl Herbert Brown
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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 -
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 -
Newspaper Clipping
An article on PO Earl H. Brown from the October 3, 1942 Ottawa Journal. -
Newspaper Clipping 2
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Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands<P>The 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. -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of Earl Hubert Brown
Earl at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.31, November 1941 -
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.
WONSERADEEL (KIMSWERD) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD Netherlands
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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