The story
Name: B H BROWNE
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: NZ 7778
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZN
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1945-07-08
Aircraft: Barracuda II BV 865
Place of death: Firth of Tay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of Kenllin Abel Hawtrey and Millicent Brunt Browne, of Auckland City, New Zealand
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: NZ 7778
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZN
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1945-07-08
Aircraft: Barracuda II BV 865
Place of death: Firth of Tay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of Kenllin Abel Hawtrey and Millicent Brunt Browne, of Auckland City, New Zealand
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