Brown, Norman Edwin (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-October-07

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

405 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Ducimus We Lead

Base

RAF Topcliffe

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Warrant Officer 2

Service Numbers

R/91269
PoW: 27242

Took off from Topcliffe at 18:54 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code LQ-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Osnabrück Germany.

Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 23:55 in the estate of Prattenburg between Veenendaal and Rhenen (Utrecht) Holland.

Killed: Sergeant Francis Anthony McCluskey RAF KIA Rhenen General Cemetery Plot 27. Row A. Grave 3.

POWs includes Brown: Warrant Officer Class 2 Gilbert Bryce Anderson RCAF R/106774 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Pilot Officer Edward Eggertson RCAF J/10894 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant James Charles Mackie RCAF R/58982 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Archibald Marshall Eldes Moodie RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Pilot Officer Thomas Walker Stewart RCAF J/9528 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.

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