William Elliott Brown, Son of William Easson Brown and Jessie Madeleine Brown, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. William was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington X3750 115 Squadron crashed Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant Holland...
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
William Elliott Brown, Son of William Easson Brown and Jessie Madeleine Brown, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. William was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington X3750 115 Squadron crashed Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant Holland...
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Inscription
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gravesite Details
R/78076
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Records on Ancestry
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1931 Census of Canada
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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