Petty Officer Airman

Barrie Hawtrey Browne

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Kenelm Noel Hawtrey Browne and Millicent Brunt Browne, of Auckland City.

References:
  • CWGC
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying from HMS Peewit in Scotland, Barry Browne’s Barracuda 2, crashed into the Firth of Tay, when the wingtip folded during dive bombing practice. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 351]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
7778
Name:
Barrie Hawtrey Browne
Rank: 
Petty Officer Airman
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Peewit, 767 (FAA) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
08 July 1945
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 3.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Barrie Hawtrey Browne
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