Peak District Air Accident Research

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 42-7925 of the 495th FTG USAAF, crashed on the edge of the town of Nantwich in Cheshire on the 14th January 1944 after entering a high speed dive at 24,000ft. The assumption in the crash report is that the pilot suffer anoxia and passed out.

The aircraft dived into soft ground and completely buried itself. It has been reported that because of this it was impossible to recover 1st Lt Brown's body. He is commemorated by a memorial on the spot where his aircraft fell to earth. Despite this Arthur Brown has a grave at Cambridge, a photograph of which is shown below.

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