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F/O. William Brown Mallen

Royal Canadian Air Force 76 Sqdn.

from:Regina, Saskatchwan, Canada

(d.21st Feb 1945)

William Brown Mallen was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1910. He left Scotland for Canada in 1929 and worked as a woodman, sawyer, until he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1935 and enlisted five years later.

He was a Flying Officer Navigator of Halifax Bomber NR-191MPE which did not return from a night raid on Worms, Germany on 21st February 1945. All the crew died and are buried at Rheinberg Cemetery in Germany. It was their 19th sortie and so close to the end of operations for 76 Squadron in May 1945.

  • P/O. H L Ball - pilot
  • W/O. E Boydell - W/Op
  • Sgt J Falkner - Flight Eng.
  • F/Sgt. J J McNeil - Air Gunner
  • F/O. W B Mallen - Nav.
  • P/O. J Pennington - Air Gunner
  • P/O. W J Phillips - Bomb Aimer



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