Brown, John Wesley (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-June-11

Flight Sergeant John Wesley Brown RCAF

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Son of John and Florence Brown, of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: St Catharines, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

108 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Viribus Contractis With gathered strength

Base

RAF Kabrit, Egypt

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/66299

Home
Google MapSt Catharines, Ontario
Memorial Location
Google MapAlamein War Memorial
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108 Squadron (Viribus Contractis) Wellington Ic aircraft BB 482 "K" lost when hit by flak during operations over the aerodrome at Crete. It later signaled that it had an engine failure and is believed to have come in the sea FS JW Brown (RCAF), Flight Sergeant RH McRae (RCAF), Sergeant HG Baden (RAFVR), Sergeant J.R. Irwin (RAFVR), Sergeant J Oliphant (RAFVR) and Lt RB Strang RA (Royal Artillery), on this sortie to make observations of enemy anti-aircraft fire missing, presumed killed. They have a known grave and are all commemorated on the Alamein War Memorial

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)