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Military service
Service number:
J/20377
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
97 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 16, 1914
Griswold
Enlistment:
September 2, 1941
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 172.
Additional information
Son of Wilbur Charles and Rita Rodriguez Brown.
Additional citations
Croix de Guerre (France).
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
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Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Letter from No. 97 Squadron Royal Air Force dated November 27, 1943 to Miss Eileen Brown of New York City, New York, USA, sister of F/L Carlos Manuel Brown, informing her of his disappearance in action over Germany. -
Group Photo
Flight Lieutenant Carlos M. Brown (center) with the crew of his Avro Lancaster III bomber (JB221) at Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England in 1943.<P> Pictured in this photograph are: (L to R) Sgt. George Smith, Filght Engineer, F/Sgt. Robert Sinden RAAF, Rear Gunner, P/O Harry Aley, Bomb Aimer, F/L Carlos Brown, Pilot, Sgt. Thomas Watson, Navigator, Bernard Tutt, Wireless Operator and David Little, M/U Gunner.<P> Note: All were killed in action when their damaged aircraft crashed at Brandau, Hessen, Germany following a bombing raid on Frankfort on November 26, 1943. They are all commemorated on the panels of the missing at the Commonwealth Air Foces Memorial at Runnymede with the exception of F/Sgt. Robert Sinden, who was thrown clear of the wreckage and is buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Durnbach, Bayern, Germany. -
Back of crew photo
The reverse side of the crew photo showing the signatures of its members. -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of CARLOS MANUEL BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of CARLOS MANUEL BROWN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 140 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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