Sarnia, Ontario
Flight Lieutenant Brown has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Brown, George William (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-September-17
Birth Date: 1921-September-24
Born:
Parents: Son of George Morton Brown and Bathia Brown, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Sarnia, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
487 Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end
Base
RAF Thorney Island
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/12195
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Mission
Mosquito FB.Mk VI NS979
Combat Zeeland, Netherlands 1944-September-16 to 1944-September-17
487 () Sqn (RNZAF) RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga) RAF Sculthorpe Mosquito FB VI aircraft NS 979 lost on a night intruder sortie to strafe barges, hit by flak, crashing in the West Scheldt River at Westerschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Flight Lieutenant GW Brown (RCAF), pilot, missing presumed killed. Flying Officer RA Fuller (RAFVR), navigator was killed.Mosquito NS979 FB.Mk VI - Combat Zeeland, Netherlands - 1944-09-16 to 1944-09-17
Squadron: 487 Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1944-09-16
Completion Date: 1944-09-17
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Zeeland, Netherlands
Target Specific: Anti-shipping
Base: RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England
Take Off Time: 23:10
Squadron Code: EG E
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga) RAF Sculthorpe Mosquito FB VI aircraft NS 979 lost on a night intruder sortie to strafe barges, hit by flak, crashing in the West Scheldt River at Westerschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Flight Lieutenant GW Brown (RCAF), pilot, missing presumed killed. Flying Officer RA Fuller (RAFVR), navigator was killed.
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga) RAF Sculthorpe Mosquito FB VI aircraft NS 979 lost on a night intruder sortie to strafe barges, hit by flak, crashing in the West Scheldt River at Westerschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Flight Lieutenant GW Brown (RCAF), pilot, missing presumed killed. Flying Officer RA Fuller (RAFVR), navigator was killed.
