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Son of Henry G. Brown, and of Ellen N. Brown, of Downsview, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Photo of aircrew.<P>
L to R: Slater, Lamb, Brown, Srigley, Boyce, Toomey, unknown.<P>
Photo provided by R. E. Toomey to Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com
Used with permission.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home.
Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
From left to right, William Fairgrieve, Joseph Srigley, Leonard Brown all died
August 17, 1944. Photo from Robert E. Toomey, their crew mate.
Courtesy of C. Lafleur
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero.
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From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator), William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner), Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot), Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner). Crewmate Robert E. Toomey (Flight Engineer) was sole survivor and POW at Stalag Luft VII, Bankau.
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Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of crewmate Robert Toomey.
Credit website: "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard George Brown
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Photo of aircrew.<P> L to R: Slater, Lamb, Brown, Srigley, Boyce, Toomey, unknown.<P> Photo provided by R. E. Toomey to Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com Used with permission.
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
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From left to right, William Fairgrieve, Joseph Srigley, Leonard Brown all died August 17, 1944. Photo from Robert E. Toomey, their crew mate. Courtesy of C. Lafleur
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Leonard George Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Leonard George Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero. *** From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator), William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner), Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot), Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner). Crewmate Robert E. Toomey (Flight Engineer) was sole survivor and POW at Stalag Luft VII, Bankau. *** Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of crewmate Robert Toomey. Credit website: "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website.
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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