102 Squadron Sole survivor Halifax II JB894 shot down July 1943

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    brithm Senior Member

    F/Sgt. Douglas Howell Brown was the Sole survivor Halifax II JB894 102 (Ceylon) Squadron, RAF shot down 14th July 1943 who was liberated in Germany.

    Take-off time: 00:04 (RAF Pocklington)
    Crew:
    Pilot Sgt. Robert Glass Amos 1550957 RAFVR Germany 3-D-11-13 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
    Flight engineer Sgt. John Richard Godfrey Smith 649887 RAFVR Germany 3-D-11-13 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
    Navigator Sgt. Basil Philip Dowthwaite 1397808 RAFVR Germany 3-D-9 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
    Bomb aimer Sgt. William Henry James Smith 1319671 RAFVR Germany 3-D-10 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
    Wireless op Sgt. John Richard Fradley 1540341 RAFVR Germany 3-D-11-13 Buried Rheinberg War Cem
    Air gunner Sgt. John Raw 1491394 RAFVR Maastricht 2 113 Body was found near Brunssum
    Air gunner F/Sgt. D.H. Brown 1530814 RAF Survived POW


    WO 416/48/425


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    IWM BU 4998 F/Sgt. D.H. Brown, RAF of 5 Bowerham Terrace, Lancaster. Prisoner in Germany for 2 years.
    ADVANCE FROM RIVER ELBE TOWARDS LUBECK (Lt. Handford)
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    Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire.

    https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=JB894

    JB894 102 Sqdn Halifax
     
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