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Brown, Robert

Date of birth:
(Cheshire, England)
Date of death:
November 30th, 1944 (Altweerterheide/Limburg, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XII. Row: D. Grave: 12.
Service number:
1076492
Nationality:
British

Biography

Sergeant
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
578 Sqdn.

Robert Brown lost his life when his plane, Halifax NR193 578 Squadron crashed at Wijffelterbroek - Altweerterheide Weert, Limburg Holland.

Took off at 17:10 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg in Germany.
The Halifax plane collided over the Netherlands with Halifax MZ314. All fourteen occupants of both planes died in the crash.

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