R S Brown
Flight Sergeant · 
United Kingdom
- Died
- 3 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Flight Sergeant R S Brown served as the wireless operator of Lancaster ND635 with No. 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 3 January 1945 the aircraft failed to return from the raid on Nuremberg. He was killed in action. He is buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Wireless operator with No. 166 Squadron.
- Operation (3 January 1945) — aircraft ND635 AS-M (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: G H Pearson (Bomb aimer) · J Perry (Flight engineer) · William Joseph Morgan (Mid-upper gunner) · J D J L Tarlton (Navigator) · Richard Hugh Chittim (Pilot) · J C Lillis (Rear gunner)
Timeline
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3 January 1945
Flew Operation
Wireless operator, ND635 AS-M — Failed to return - 3 January 1945 Died
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 7 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 3 January 1945: Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Bremen · Berlin · Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Dortmund. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)