Robert Basquin, was a French citizen that responded to General de Gaulle's call by joining the FAFL (Free French Air Forces). On this occasion he asked to change his name and is now called Robert Brown. Like other French aviators, he chose to take an assumed name during the war in hope to avoid reprisals against his family in the event that he was captured by the Germans.

In July 1942, he was sent to Canada to No. 31 Air Navigator School based in Port-Albert, Ontario, to complete his navigator training. He was reported missing 28 November 1942.

He is listed on the Mmorial du Trport, erected to the memory of the 123 fighters of the Free French Air Force that are missing with no known graves. (Source Bernie Goodman)