Brown, Albert Edward

Title

Brown, Albert Edward
Buster Brown

Description

16 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Albert Edward Brown (b. 1921, 1282879 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, decorations, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 100 and 214 Squadrons.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mrs Sandra Ann Parkes and catalogued by Barry Hunter.


Date

2018-07-18

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Brown, AE

Collection Items

Albert Brown's flying hours
A handwritten summary of Albert's hours.

Albert Brown's dog tags and decorations
Five photographs.
#1 and 2 are front and reverse of Albert's dog tags.
#3 and 4 are front and reverse of his six medals. These are British War Medal 1914-18, 1939-1945 War Medal, 1939-1945 Defence Medal, 1914-1918 Mercantile Marine War Medal,…

Albert Brown
A head and shoulders portrait of Albert with 'A Merry Xmas Beryl All my love, Albert' on the front. On the reverse is a post-it with 'Albert Edward Brown'.

Groups of men and women
Two photographs of two groups. Both have, on the reverse 'Subject on right'.

Inspection of RAF guard
Two views of an inspection of airmen with the squadron's flag.
On the reverse is 'RAF Marham 28 Jan 1977'.

Albert and Beryl Brown's Wedding Day
Alber and Beryl standing outside on their wedding day. On the reverse 'Beryl Agnes Jessie Brown married 1942 Oct 4th'.

Six airmen
Six airmen in flying kit, standing in a field.
On the reverse each man is named. Albert Brown is on the left.

Albert Brown
Albert, wearing a flying jacket, standing in a field.

AE Brown's Service and Release Book
RAF Form 2520A issued to Albert with brief details of his service life.

An Airman's Prayer
Prayers for airmen.

AE Brown's Identity Card
A card issued to Albert Brown.

The Avro Lancaster I
A Profile Publication booklet about the Lancaster.

214 Squadron Disbandment Parade
A booklet printed to cover the end of 214 Squadron

Albert Edward Brown’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for A E Brown, air gunner, covering the period from 19 November 1942 to 29 November 1944. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 7 Air Gunnery School RAF…
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