Flight Lieutenant Everett Lennes BROWN

Flight Lieutenant Everett Lennes BROWN

Male 1918 - 1951  (33 years)

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  • Name Everett Lennes BROWN 
    Prefix Flight Lieutenant 
    Military 10 Dec 43 
    Pilot Officer Squadron 427 # J17162 DFC 
    Birth 8 Sep 1918  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    certificate 25 Feb 1948  London, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate - Darlington Aero Club 
    Passenger List 31 Aug 1951  Liverpool, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Montreal to Liverpool as F/Lt 
    Death 20 Nov 1951 
    Burial Darlington, Darlington Unitary Authority, County Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Darlington West Cemetery
    Darlington, Duraham
    England 
    Person ID I39074013  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2021 

    Father John S. BROWN,   b. 1876, , , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1957, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Agnes YOUNG,   b. 1884, , , , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1967, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 16 Mar 1954  Clarendon Twp., Pontiac, Quebec, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F25139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Helen Elaine HOLLINGER,   b. 28 Aug 1913, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1986 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 28 Mar 1942  Dauphin, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F12946977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2021 

  • Photos
    Brown, Flt. Lt. Lennis military photo
    Brown, Flt. Lt. Lennis military photo
    Photograph from the collection of Whitewater Historical Society
    Brown, Flt. Lt. Lennis military photo
    Brown, Flt. Lt. Lennis military photo
    Photograph from the collection of Whitewater Historical Society
    Brown, Flight Lt. Everett Lennes photo
    Brown, Flight Lt. Everett Lennes photo
    Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950
    at Ancestry.ca
    Honor Role WWII, Ross Presbyterian Church
    Photograph provided by Wilda Johnston

    Documents
    Mil-Brown, F.O. Lennis is home from overseas
    Mil-Brown, F.O. Lennis is home from overseas
    The Cobden Sun, Nov 30, 1944 p. 8
    Mil-Brown, F.O. E.L. met at train
    Mil-Brown, F.O. E.L. met at train
    The Cobden Sun, Nov 2, 1944 p. 8
    Brown, Flight Officer E. Lennes receives instruction (military)
    Brown, Flight Officer E. Lennes receives instruction (military)
    Newspaper clipping from the collection of Brenda Millar, 2018
    Brown, Everett L. & Mary Helen Elaine Hollinger wed
    Brown, Everett L. & Mary Helen Elaine Hollinger wed
    The Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 1942 p. 6
    Brown, Flt Lt Everett Lennes receives Distinguished Flying Cross from King George
    Brown, Flt Lt Everett Lennes receives Distinguished Flying Cross from King George
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce
    Brown, Flt Lt Everett Lennes RCAF
    Brown, Flt Lt Everett Lennes RCAF
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce
    Halifax LK628 damaged by flak; P/O Everett Lennes Brown, navigator
    Halifax LK628 damaged by flak; P/O Everett Lennes Brown, navigator
    http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/lk628.html

    www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk

  • Notes 
    • Flight Lieut E.L. Brown DFC.

      20th November 1951 Aged 33.

      Darlington West Cemetery

      BROWN, P/O Everett Lennes (J17162) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.427 Squadron - Award effective 30 November 1943 as per London Gazette dated 10 December 1943 and AFRO 297/44 dated 11 February 1944. Born 8 September 1918. Home in Pembroke, Ontario; enlisted Ottawa 5 May 1941 and posted to No.4A Manning Depot. To Trenton, 9 June 1941. To No.1 ITS, 15 July 1941; graduated and promoted LAC, 20 August 1941 when posted to No.20 EFTS; ceased training and posted to Trenton, 9 September 1941; to No.5 AOS, 9 November 1941; to No.7 BGS, 14 February 1942; graduated and promoted Sergeant, 28 March 1942 when posted to No.1 ANS; graduated 27 April 1942. To "Y" Depot, Halifax, 28 April 1942; to No.31 OTU, 12 May 1942; to RAF overseas, 19 June 1942. Repatriated to Canada, 18 December 1944. To No.1 Training Command, 4 January 1945. To No.1 AOS, 13 February 1945. To "Y" Depot, 1 April 1945; overseas to Britain as of 13 April 1945. Repatriated to Canada 31 March 1946. Released 3 May 1945. In 1947 he joined the RAF (service number 59331), one of approximately 60 former members of the RCAF who joined that force. No citation other than \\"completed...many successful operations against the enemy in which [he has] displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty.\\"

      Source;-

      http://airforce.ca/awards.php?search=1&keyword=&page=87&mem=&type=rcaf

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Newspaper - The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), 25 Mar 1954, p. 8.

    2. [S449644] Newspaper-Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 1942 p. 6 (Reliability: 3).