Carpe Diem - 576 Squadron RAF

CREW MEMBER PROFILE
Surname:	BROWN		First Name/s:	Roy Styan

Service No/s:	1086989	Service:	RAFVR	Branch:	Wireless Operator

Awards:	DFM

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Date	Event	Aircraft Flown
SERVICE RECORDS
30 Apr 1941 30 Apr 1941	Enlisted at No. 3 Recruit Centre (RC), Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand (Wireless Operator).
21 Jan 1941 21 Jan 1941	Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up.
30 Apr 1941 30 Apr 1941	Called up at No. 10 (Signals) Radio School (RS), Blackpool, Lancashire.
11 Nov 1941 11 Nov 1941	Remustered as Wireless Operator.
21 Nov 1941 21 Nov 1941	RAF Station, Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland.
21 Jan 1942 21 Jan 1942	No. 92 Squadron, Tangmere, Sussex.
11 Feb 1942 11 Feb 1942	RAF Station, Digby, Lincolnshire.
01 Jul 1942 01 Jul 1942	Promoted to Aircraftman First Class (AC1).
13 Aug 1942 13 Aug 1942	Attached to RAF Station, Wittering, Cambridgeshire.
01 Oct 1942 01 Oct 1942	RAF Station, Wigsley, Nottinghamshire.
28 Oct 1942 28 Oct 1942	No. 4 Signals School (SS), Madley, Herefordshire.
23 Jan 1943 23 Jan 1943	No. 1 Air Gunnery School, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire remustering as Wireless Operator/under training Air Gunner.	Anson (TBC)
07 Feb 1943 07 Feb 1943	Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC).
13 Mar 1943 13 Mar 1943	Promoted to Sergeant, and remustered as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.
16 Mar 1943 16 Mar 1943	No. 28 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Wymeswold, Leicestershire; joins R R Leeder crew.	Wellington
05 Jun 1943 05 Jun 1943	No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire.	Lancaster
09 Jul 1943 09 Jul 1943	No. 101 Squadron, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire Ops (19), R R Leeder crew 01 Aug 43 – Remustered as Wireless Operator Air/Signaller 02 Aug 43 – Hamburg 09 Aug 43 – Milan 12 Aug 43 – Milan 15 Aug 43 – Milan 17 Aug 43 – Peenemunde 22 Aug 43 – Leverkusen 23 Aug 43 – Berlin 05 Sep 43 – Mannheim 22 Sep 43 – Hanover 23 Sep 43 – Mannheim 27 Sep 43 – Hanover 01 Oct 43 – Hagen 03 Oct 43 – Kassel; abortive 1:15 after T/O; rear turret u/s 07 Oct 43 – Stuttgart 08 Oct 43 – Hanover 22 Oct 43 – Kassel 03 Nov 43 – Dusseldorf 18 Nov 43 – Berlin 22 Nov 43 – Berlin	Lancaster
25 Nov 1943 25 Nov 1943	No. 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire Ops (1): R R Leeder crew 03 Dec 43 - Leipzig	Lancaster
09 Dec 1943 09 Dec 1943	No. 101 Squadron, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire Ops (12): R R Leeder crew 16 Dec 43 – Berlin; abortive; engine overheat 20 Dec 43 – Frankfurt 23 Dec 43 – Berlin 14 Jan 44 – Brunswick 20 Jan 44 – Berlin 21 Jan 44 – Magdeburg 24 Jan 44 – Qualified as ‘Gee’ trained Wireless Operator 29 Jan 44 – Berlin 30 Jan 44 – Berlin 19 Feb 44 – Leipzig 20 Feb 44 – Stuttgart 24 Feb 44 – Schweinfurt 25 Feb 44 – Augsburg; engine failure	Lancaster
06 Mar 1944 06 Mar 1944	No. 18 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Finningley, Yorkshire; as instructor.	Wellington
13 Mar 1944 13 Mar 1944	Promoted to Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt).
02 Apr 1944 02 Apr 1944	Attached to (SS – acronym n/k), Lichfield, Staffordshire
10 Apr 1944 10 Apr 1944	Returned to No. 18 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Finningley, Yorkshire.
28 Apr 1944 28 Apr 1944	Awarded 1st Good Conduct Badge.
06 Jun 1944 06 Jun 1944	Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) awarded on No. 101 Squadron (London Gazette, 06 Jun 44).
15 Dec 1944 15 Dec 1944	No. 166 Squadron, ‘A’ Flight, Kirmington, Lincolnshire Ops (1): R H Chittim, RCAF crew, which comprised: Pilot: R H Chittim, RCAF Flight Engineer: J Perry Air Bomber: G H Pearson Navigator: J D Tarlton Wireless Operator: G A Abrams Air Gunners: W J Morgan RCAF & J C Lillis RCAF	Lancaster
02 Jan 1945 02 Jan 1945	Ops (1): R H Chittim, RCAF crew It is assumed that R S Brown was standing in for the crew’s WOp, Sgt G A Abrams (Abrams did not fly with 166 Sqaudron beyond this date). Nuremburg; lost in ND635, AS-M, aged 24 Aircraft crashed at Gmund am Tegernsee, Miesbacher Landkreis, Bavaria. Mid-upper taken POW, the rest did not survive Buried initially at Roth Civil Cemetery in Plot E.57, and reinterred on 27 Sep 47 at Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Toz, in collective grave 5.C.5-8 ‘AT REST’.	Lancaster

Date	Aircraft	Code	Flight Details	T/O	Land	Flt Time	Crew
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS
04 Dec 1943 04 Dec 1943	DV333	UL-K²	LEIPZIG	0010	0750	7h40	P1 Fg Off R.R. Leeder RAFVR RAFO P2 FE Sgt R.P. Lloyd AB Sgt B.G. Lyall NAV Fg Off J.A. Turner WOp Sgt R.S. Brown MUG Sgt P.J. Drought RG Sgt E.N. Bickley
NOTES:	Flown night of 03/04 Dec 43. Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Details
b. 13 Nov 1920 Holbeck, Yorkshire

PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS
Details
L - R (1605344) 179252 Geoffrey Francis Smith DFM FE, 1086989 Roy Styan Brown DFM WOp,1603854 Percy James Drought DFM AG - probably March 1944 Drought family
Recommendation for award of DFM
Newspaper report of award of DFM
Roy's mother receiving his DFM Yorkshire Post and Leeds Newspaper 8 May 1946
R S Brown Logbook - 576 Squadron R S Brown family
Roy (squatting down) with some of his crew. Probably taken on 101 Squadron in March 1944 R S Brown family
Roy's Christmas Dinner Menu at Ludford Magna - signatures of his fellow crew members: Bickley, Drought, Lyall and Smith R S Brown family
Roy's Christmas Dinner Menu at Ludford Magna - signatures of his fellow crew members: Bickley, Drought, Lyall and Smith in part 1 R S Brown family
No. 28 OTU 13 Course WOPAG - R S Brown - 2nd row from front, 2nd from L 576 Squadron Archives

CREW MEMBER PROFILE

SERVICE RECORDS

576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS

L - R (1605344) 179252 Geoffrey Francis Smith DFM FE, 1086989 Roy Styan Brown DFM WOp,1603854 Percy James Drought DFM AG - probably March 1944

Recommendation for award of DFM

Newspaper report of award of DFM

Roy's mother receiving his DFM

R S Brown Logbook - 576 Squadron

Roy (squatting down) with some of his crew. Probably taken on 101 Squadron in March 1944

Roy's Christmas Dinner Menu at Ludford Magna - signatures of his fellow crew members: Bickley, Drought, Lyall and Smith

Roy's Christmas Dinner Menu at Ludford Magna - signatures of his fellow crew members: Bickley, Drought, Lyall and Smith in part 1

No. 28 OTU 13 Course WOPAG - R S Brown - 2nd row from front, 2nd from L