Brown, Jeff
Title
Brown, Jeff
Jeffrey Brown
J Brown
Description
41 items. Oral history interviews with Flying Officer Jeff Brown (b. 1925, 2205595, Royal Air Force), his log book, service material and photographs including 16 pictures of B-29s. He flew operations as a Flight Sergeant air gunner with 576 Squadron from RAF Fiskerton towards the end of the war and took part in Operation Manna.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jeff Brown and catalogued by Peter Adams.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jeff Brown and catalogued by Peter Adams.
Date
2017-01-18
2017-01-31
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Brown, J-3
Collection Items
Pilot Officer Jeff Brown and Squadron Leader Andy Milliken
Jeff Brown in blazer and tie with Andy Milliken in BBMF overalls holding a log book.
Interview with Jeff Brown. Four
At the end of the war Jeff found himself posted to Germany working as an equipper which didn’t interest him at all. He retrained as an armourer but he really wanted to continue to fly. He successfully re-mustered as a pilot and went to Canada for…
Interview with Jeff Brown. Three
Jeff Brown flew on a wide variety of aircraft during his career in the RAF. While flying in a Wellington they flew in a thundercloud and fell from twelve thousand feet to four thousand feet out of control.
Interview with Jeff Brown. Two
Jeff Brown took part in the Operation Manna flights and was honoured by the Dutch people many years afterwards. The low flying over the drop-zones left a lasting impression on Jeff. He also describes metal falling off his aircraft during an impromptu…
Interview with Jeff Brown. One
Jeff Brown was working as an apprentice electrician before he volunteered for the RAF. He had always had a fascination for aircraft and wanted to fly. He trained as a wireless operator air gunner. He was then streamlined into straight air gunner…
Announcement to the population of occupied Holland
A leaflet explaining that food supplies are to be dropped by aircraft and providing instructions on how to act.
Jeff Brown's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers for Jeff Brown, air gunner, covering the period from 18 August 1944 to 31 December 1951. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying. He was stationed…
B-29 in flight
Air-to-air view of B-29 WF491 in flight, taken on the same level from behind the port wing.
B-29 in flight
Air-to-air view of B-29 in flight, taken from above, of the rear starboard quarter. On the ground there are fields, roads and scattered buildings. Part of a built up community is visible in the bottom left. The top third of the photograph is a taken…
Jeff Brown
Full length portrait of Jeff Brown in Flying Officers dress uniform, with black armband, showing medal ribbon strip, and air gunner's half brevet. He is wearing his cap.
Jeff Brown
Half length portrait of Jeff Brown in uniform with trainee flash in his cap, stood in a green area.
Seven aircrew beneath a Lancaster
Seven aircrew, including Jeff Brown (second left), standing beneath a Lancaster on dispersal. One of them is smoking, and carrying a flying helmet. Two of them have flying boots. Five are sergeants. Two are pilots. The aircraft has H2 on the forward…
Propaganda leaflet dropped prior to Operation Manna
Propaganda leaflet issued by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces to the people of occupied Holland, advising and instructing them on how to deal with relief food drops. Original in Dutch and English translation.
Anson in flight
Air-to-air view of Anson 1 MG182 in flight. It is in camouflage, and has number '4' on the fuselage and nose.
Cutting a tie
One airman in a flying suit is having his tie cut off by two others, one holding the tie, the other, wearing a boiler suit, wielding the scissors, whilst two others look on. Everybody except the man with the scissors is laughing, he is concentrating…
Six airmen studying a rotary engine cut-away
Five airman are watching another handling a floor-mounted, cut-away section of a rotary engine in an interior setting. Two of the airmen have 'Canada' shoulder flashes.
Entrance to No.3 F.T.S. Claresholm
Gatehouse and entrance plaque of No. 3 Flying Training School Claresholm. The plaque is mounted on a decorative woodpile, and the station title is written on a decorative broken board. In the middle distance is a manned gatehouse, with traffic light.…
53 trainee airmen, and two instructors
55 airmen posed in 5 ranks in front of a large corrugated iron building. 53 of them have white belts, and trainee flashes on their caps, The remaining two are central on the front rank. One of them has sergeant's stripes and a medal ribbon, the other…
15 trainee airmen
15 trainee airmen, in uniform with trainee cap flashes, posed in three ranks, with one older uniformed airman standing apart, to their right.
Wellington O-KJ
Wellington bomber on the ground, with wheels chocked, and bomb bay doors open. Letters O and KJ appear on the fuselage. Visible in the background is a control tower with a truck in front.
VE Day Lancaster crash
Jeff Brown's witness account of a Lancaster NN806 crash on take-off, on VE Day. Includes a photograph of himself along with 12 air and ground crew of 576 Squadron, under their aircraft.
An account of Operation Manna
An account of events leading up to, and during Operation Manna, plus personal involvement. Page contains head and shoulders photograph of Jeff Brown in uniform.
Collection Tree
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