Photo: Vin Mullen
J. J. Brown
Air Bomber
Royal Air Force
3rd May 1943 Age 23
Resting
Where no shadows fall
Vin Mullen has provided the following:
John James Brown. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of John James Brown and Margaret Brown (nee Dalton)
Death recorded on BMD Deaths Jun 1943. John J. Brown age 23 Whitchurch 6a 779
Sgt. Brown was serving with 81 O.T.U. He was a crew member of Whitley V EB405-A which took of from Sleap on a night training exercise. It crashed into trees and tried to land twice. The aircraft burst into flames, killing all five crew members.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol. 7; Operational Training Units 1940-1947; W.R. Chorley; 2002; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 132 6
