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Thomas Anthony Victor Brown | |||
| Rank: | Flight Sergeant (Nav) | Number: | 1549104 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 171 Sqn RAFVR | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Bomber Command | ||
| Died: | 09/12/1944 | Age: | 21 |
| How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
| Country of burial: | Germany | Grave Photo: | No |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Rheinberg Cemetery | ||
| Town Memorial: | Stretford Book | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
Born during the June quarter 1923 in the Blackburn R.D. - ref: 8e/583, the son of Henry Victor & Margaret Mary Agnes Brown (nee Leighton). Flying a Halifax Mk III - No. NA674 67-Q with 171 Sqn they took off at 1735 hrs from RAF North Creake, Norfolk on a Bomber Support Mission to dispense "Window" in the direction of Koblenz. Presumably shot down by either Ack-Ack or a night fighter, they crashed at Kenfuss, some 12 km SW of Cochem on the River Mosel. The entire eight man crew were all killed in the crash and are all buried at the Rheinberg Cemetery, Germany. He is commemorated on an individual memorial plaque in St. Ann's R.C. Church. | |||
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| St. Ann's R.C. Church (Stretford) | |||
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