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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Date of Birth:
 1923-08-02
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V BD257, during night flying exercise from a flare lit runway, the aircraft swung suddenly to the left on take-off; he tried to correct the swing; however, the correction caused the aircraft to swing in the opposite direction and the aircraft crashed into the control tower, killing 4 of the five crew and three ground crew in the tower.
Additional
Information:
Son of Maj. Theophilus Coxon Browne, S.A.A.F. and Ethel May Browne, of Rietandale, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Pretoria. Educated CBC Pretoria, Mount Edmund. Commemorated on WWII Memorial at Union Buildings, Pretoria & on a memorial plaque at Sleap airfield, Shropshire, England
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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