Son of Samuel and Nellie Brown of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 983315
Age: 25
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 983315
Age: 25
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
Son of Samuel and Nellie Brown of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 983315
Age: 25
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 983315
Age: 25
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry BROWN,
RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,
RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and
RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.
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