Flight Sergeant 1575151

Air Bomber JOHN BROWN

576 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

who died aged 22 on Saturday, 17th June 1944.
Flight Sergeant BROWN was the husband of Kathleen Margaret Brown, of West Croydon, Surrey.
Remembered with honour
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Germany.

Grave Reference/ Panel Number: 17. C. 9.

John was born in 1922 at 26 Beckingham Road, Radford. Nottingham. He was the oldest boy of five, But unfortunately his Parents died at a very young age of double pneumonia so subsequently they were all split up .John was taken care of by  Aunt Lou.(pictured right).  At the age of 14 he started working for  Players cigarette manufacturers were he stayed until he volunteered for the RAF.