LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Vivian William BROWN
Service No: 414903
Born: Tweed Heads NSW, 18 May 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 630 Squadron (RAF), RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 630 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ND 695), North West Europe, 23 May 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William John and Ruth Isabella Brown, of Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 258, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster ND 695 of 630 Squadron took off from RAF East Kirkby at 2238 hours on 22 May 1944 to attack a target at Brunswick, Germany. Nothing further was heard of the aircraft or crew.
The crew members of ND 695 were:
Sergeant James Binnie (1824919) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Vivian William Brown (414903) (Pilot)
Sergeant Thomas William Connor (1549439) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant David Beattie Haig (1822622) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant William John Saxby (1091895) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Kenneth Arthur Sinclair (415187) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant William Irving Taylor (434558) (Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/544