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Douglas Walter Brown

In memory of:

Flying Officer Douglas Walter Brown

August 15, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/28945

Age:

34

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

428 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Walter and S. Euphemia Brown, of Tantallon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 13. Row 1. Grave 17.

Location:

Amersfoort is a town lying 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam, and 22 kilometres north-east of Utrecht. The Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery is about 2.5 kilometres from the railway station, in an area known as Oud Leusden. The graves are in a special plot, well sited among trees.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Douglas Walter Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Douglas Walter Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of DOUGLAS WALTER BROWN– Official RCAF photo in file.
  • Letter– information re crew of Lancaster KB 749
  • Letter– Letter from cemetery caretaker concerning the re-burial of air crew.

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