Date: 13th August 1944
Unit: No. 441 Squadron
Type: Spitfire IX
Serial: NH178
Base: Digby, Lincolnshire
Location: Vire, North Western France
Pilot: Fl/Lt. William Wood Lindsay Brown M.i.D. J/16572 R.C.A.F. Age 27. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Fl/Lt. William Brown in an armed recce to Flers, North Western France during the evening of the 13th August and was shot down by flak and spun into the ground.
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Above left: Memorial at Lake in Canade (Courtesy Mike Harrison) Right: Ranville War Cemetery (C.W.G.C.)
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Burial details:
Fl/Lt. William Wood Lindsay Brown M.i.D. Ranville War Cemetery V.F. 12.
Son of Thomas Wood Brown and Nellie Brown, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
