12 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#RF181) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Wickenby for a night-time air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. Approaching the target area, RF181 was attacked and shot down by a German night-fighter, crashing east of Frankenberg and taking the lives of five members of the crew. Two others who survived the crash were captured, taken PoW.
The airmen who perished in the attack and resulting crash were-
RCAF Pilot Officer Walter Gordon BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter James CHARLES,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Colin Howe IRVING,
RAAF Warrant Officer William Arthur NEILL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Thomas NICHOLLS.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/94899
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 12 RAF Squadron; RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
(Motto: 'Leads the Field')
A farm worker by trade, residing in Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 Oct 1942 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Son of Walter William Brown and Violet Elizabeth (née McIntyre) Brown of Langham; his brother, RCAF Flying Officer Robert ('Jack') John BROWN, also served during the Second World War--he died of natural causes.
Pilot Officer W. G. Brown is commemorated with honour on Page 499 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is commemorated on Saskatchewan's Virtual War Memorial. Brown Island in Saskatchewan's Pinehouse Lake is named to honour the service and memory of Pilot Officer Brown.
12 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (#RF181) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Wickenby for a night-time air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. Approaching the target area, RF181 was attacked and shot down by a German night-fighter, crashing east of Frankenberg and taking the lives of five members of the crew. Two others who survived the crash were captured, taken PoW.
The airmen who perished in the attack and resulting crash were-
RCAF Pilot Officer Walter Gordon BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter James CHARLES,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Colin Howe IRVING,
RAAF Warrant Officer William Arthur NEILL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Thomas NICHOLLS.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/94899
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 12 RAF Squadron; RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
(Motto: 'Leads the Field')
A farm worker by trade, residing in Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 21 Oct 1942 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Son of Walter William Brown and Violet Elizabeth (née McIntyre) Brown of Langham; his brother, RCAF Flying Officer Robert ('Jack') John BROWN, also served during the Second World War--he died of natural causes.
Pilot Officer W. G. Brown is commemorated with honour on Page 499 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is commemorated on Saskatchewan's Virtual War Memorial. Brown Island in Saskatchewan's Pinehouse Lake is named to honour the service and memory of Pilot Officer Brown.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
HE LIVES FOR EVER
IN OUR MEMORY
AS ONE WHO DIED
FOR HIS HOME AND COUNTRY
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