Service Details
Name:
 BROWNE
Given Name:
 RICHARD WILLIAM
Initials:
 R W
Service No:
 55102
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-07
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V BD257, went out of control and hit control tower at high speed before exploding, killing three ground staff and seriously injuring two others
Additional
Information:
Son of Maj. Theophilus Coxon Browne, S.A.A.F. and Ethel May Browne, of Rietandale, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Cheshire
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Cemetery:
 CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. A. Grave 285.

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