Brown, Norman (Flight Lieutenant)

35 Sqn (Uno Animo Agimus), Pathfinder Force Lancaster III aircraft PB 683 TL-H collided with another 35 Sqn Lancaster III aircraft PB 678 TL-F and crashed into the English Channel off South Foreland, Kent, outbound at 10,000 ft enroute to a daylight operation to Cologne, Germany, with the loss of both aircraft and crews. Flight Lieutenant N Brown (RAFVR)(Can), Flight Lieutenant JG Faulkner (RAFVR), Sergeant AS Fleming (RAFVR) and Flying Officer GS Lawson (RAFVR) killed, FS A Sutcliffe DFM (RAFVR), FS JS Winter (RAFVR) and Sergeant L White (RAFVR) missing, presumed killed. Flight Lieutenant Brown was on his second tour of operations and was killed. Please see Currie, DR for the casualty list of the other 35 Sqn Lancaster PB 678