LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Hilton George BROWNJOHN
Service No: 405823
Born: Atherton QLD, 4 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941
Unit: No. 100 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 100 Squadron Lancaster aircraft DV162), Germany, 22 October 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Wadsworth Brownjohn and Winifred Ruth Brownjohn, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Millaa Millaa QLD
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1833 hours on the night of 22 October 1943 Lancaster DV162 took off from Grimsby detailed to bomb Kassel, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at 2055 hours at Lavenforde on the east bank of the Weser opposite
Beverungen, Germany. Two crew members were killed and the others became Prisoners of War.
The crew members of DV162 were:
Sergeant Norman Hubert Aldridge (1581607) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) PoW
Flight Sergeant Hilton George Brownjohn (405823) (Pilot)
Sergeant Victor Frederick Davis (1814344) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner) PoW
Sergeant George Trevor Evans (1691795) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
Sergeant Arthur William Franklin (1384373) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Frederick Mackie (1566456) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber) PoW
First Lieutenant Herbert Alfred Rainbird (O886084) (USAAF) (Navigator) PoW
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 Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/304