In Memory Of

BROWNE, RICHARD WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1923-08-02
Service No:
 55102
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-09-07
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Sec. A. Grave 285.
Cemetery:
 CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Cheshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
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