Arthur Whitten-Brown was the only son of Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown and Lady Whitten-Brown.

The older "Arthur" was a famous aviator.   He and Sir John Alcock were the first to fly no-stop across the Atlantic in June 1919.   Alcock and Brown were both knighted in 1919 by King George V for their achievement.   He married Kathleen Kennedy of Ealing who became Lady Whitten-Brown. 

It is not known when Arthur Whitten-Brown joined the Royal Air Force. He was promoted to Sergeant per 12 February 1941 and from Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant on 12 February 1943.

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Whitten-Brown was a pilot on a Mosquito with 605 (county of Warwick) Squadron, flying out of Manston, Kent.

605 (county of Warwick) Squadron

While further south the Allied armies sailed to the shores of Normandy, and the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe was about to begin, Flt. Whitten-Brown and his navigator, Flt. Victor Brewis, were ordered on an intruder mission to Leeuwarden airfield, a German night fighter base.

Flt. Whitten-Brown's mosquito crashed into the IJsselmeer, the exact cause of the crash is not known. Both men are buried at Hoorn General Cemetery.

Hoorn, The Netherlands

Directions to Hoorn General Cemetery

Sources:
Mr. Tony Kilmister, OBE, MA
Gerrit J. Zwanenburg, En Nooit Was Het Stil, Deel II,

Posted 27 April 2004
Updated 11 January 2009

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