Brown, Henry Ernest (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1942-July-24
Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Parents: Son of Henry and Edith Annie Brown
Spouse: Husband of Phyllis Violet Brown of Bramber, Sussex
Home: Bramber, Sussex, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Honington
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
102098
Target
Duisburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Main Cemetery a Krefeld, Germany, near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Wellington Z1577
Mission
Wellington Mk. III Z1577
Bombing Duisburg Germany 1942-July-24 to 1942-July-24
9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Honington
9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volemus), RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft Z 1577 WS-T was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany and crashed near Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot, Flying Officer Henry Ernest Brown (RAFVR) were killed in action
Pilot Officer George Burton Smith (RCAF), Sergeant Jack Arthur Westwood (RCAF), Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot Officer Norman Jefferies (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War. However, the severely wounded Sergeant Ratcliff would die from his wounds while a prisoner
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseWellington Z1577 Mk. III - Bombing Duisburg Germany - 1942-07-24 to 1942-07-24
Squadron: 9 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-07-24
Completion Date: 1942-07-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Duisburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Honington
Take Off Time: 01:21:00
Squadron Code: WS-T
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: near Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
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9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volemus), RAF Honington. Wellington III aircraft Z 1577 WS-T was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany and crashed near Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot, Flying Officer Henry Ernest Brown (RAFVR) were killed in action
Pilot Officer George Burton Smith (RCAF), Sergeant Jack Arthur Westwood (RCAF), Sergeant Alfred Frank Chilvers Ratcliff (RCAF) and Pilot Officer Norman Jefferies (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War. However, the severely wounded Sergeant Ratcliff would die from his wounds while a prisoner