Alexander Raymond Brown

Forenames

Alexander Raymond AWMM

Surname

Brown AWMM

Service number

• WWII 405471 AWMM
• WWII NZ405471 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

5 Sept 1915 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Timaru AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Mediterranean AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• WWII 405471 AWMM
• WWII NZ405471 AWMM

Military service

Royal Air Force, No. 217 Squadron (Beaufort)

Public - Antonio - Researcher - 4 September 2025 - https://aircrewremembered.com/mcsharry-basil-james.html

Medals and Awards

• Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 11C. Graduation Date: 4/08/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 2 Wireless School, Calgary, Alberta & 10 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mt. Pleasant Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Canada AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 217 Squadron AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 22 Dec 1940 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Aorangi AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Capture details

WW2
28 Jul 1942 AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Warrant Officer AWMM

Member of the Goldfish Club. Source: Hanson, By Such Deeds, p.98.

Ditched in the Ionian Sea, after being shot down by flak; spent 2 hours in the ocean before being picked up by the Italian Float Plane. The following day the crew took control of the plane on the way to Toranto as Prisoners, and flew back to Malta. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Pine, Madison . Goldfish Club. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 20 January 2020
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/goldfish-club
  Further Reference
• Aircrew Remembered:
  https://aircrewremembered.com/mcsharry-basil-james.html
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 4 September 2025 - Internet research

References

• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
  p.98
• Goldfish Club, New Zealand Branch. The Goldfish Club: Roll of Honour 1954 - 2003. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2004/32.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.