The story
Name: M C BROWN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 898 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Searcher
Date of death: 1944-03-27
Aircraft: Wildcat V JV 377, coded '6C'
Place of death: Atlantic
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of John Thomas and Ellen Lithgow Brown (nee Edgar), of Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 898 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Searcher
Date of death: 1944-03-27
Aircraft: Wildcat V JV 377, coded '6C'
Place of death: Atlantic
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of John Thomas and Ellen Lithgow Brown (nee Edgar), of Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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