Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown

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Flying Officer Harold Leonard Brown Veteran

Birth
Goderich Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
Death
5 Aug 1944 (aged 20)
Poland
Burial
Kraków, Miasto Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland Add to Map
Plot
Coll. grave 1. D. 1.
Memorial ID
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Military Service

Service Number: J/26853

Age: 20

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.


Citations:

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy


Flying Officer / Wireless Operator --Air Gunner.

He enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on May 20, 1942.


Harold died when his Halifax JP.276 crashed at Morzychna, Poland.


He shares a grave and stone with Flying Officer George A. Chapman R.C.A.F. and Flight Sgt. A.G.W. Liddell R.C.A.F. who also died on Aug 5, 1944.


Harold is also remembered on a family marker at Crediton Cemetery in Crediton, Ontario.

Military Service

Service Number: J/26853

Age: 20

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.


Citations:

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy


Flying Officer / Wireless Operator --Air Gunner.

He enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on May 20, 1942.


Harold died when his Halifax JP.276 crashed at Morzychna, Poland.


He shares a grave and stone with Flying Officer George A. Chapman R.C.A.F. and Flight Sgt. A.G.W. Liddell R.C.A.F. who also died on Aug 5, 1944.


Harold is also remembered on a family marker at Crediton Cemetery in Crediton, Ontario.