{"id":293,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2021-04-29T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T12:24:41","slug":"brown-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/brown-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown, David"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

David Brown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Navigator, 10 Squadron
Service number 1386316
Died 29 June 1943
Buried Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Age 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headstone Inscription
‘IN MEMORY OF OUR DARLING DAVID KILLED ON AIR OPERATIONS. HEARTBROKEN FAMILY’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David was the son of Samuel and Deborah n\u00e9e Goodman of Tottenham, London who were both born in Poland. David’s father Samuel worked as a master table maker. David had four older siblings, Percy, Hilda, Charles and Marcus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David was the navigator on Halifax HR697 which departed from RAF Melbourne on a night operation to Cologne. The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Johannes Hager of the 4.\/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crew:
Pilot, P\/O. R.H. Geddes, RAAF, 401939
Co-Pilot Sgt. R.S. White, 1388298
F\/E, P\/O. H.E. Cross, 143801
Nav, Sgt. D. Brown, 1386316
Bomb aimer P\/O. R.E. Bradshaw, 148755
W\/Op A\/G, F\/Sgt. C. Entwistle, 1113359
A\/G, Sgt. A.W. Booth, 1424526
Air gunner Sgt. R. Shannon, RAAF, 411231, Survived POW Stalag Luft L6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n