Identity
Person No.
2775
Service No.
328832V
Last Name
First Name
Herbert James
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, 7 crew (all others POW), shot down over Warsaw, Poland, on first supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW105
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of James and Edith S. Brown, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "31 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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