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Relatives, now officials are searching for family members to his funeral. after peter brown came to britain, he trained as a wireless operator and air gunner and he flew in a lancaster bomb like this one when he served in 625 squadron. he was one of 450 young black men from the caribbean, africa and parts of the uk to fly with the raf during the second world war. , , , . ., , , the raf during the second world war. , ., war. they were specialists that became a _ war. they were specialists that be...

Found. this is peter brown when he was serving as a flight sergeant in the royal air force in 1945, aged 17, its thought the young jamaican had travelled thousands of miles so he could volunteer to fly and fight in world war ii. after training, he flew as a crew member in the afro lancaster, britains famous strategic bomber that was used as the raf�*s main weapon against targets in germany. in december, the air force veteran died alone in his flat in west london. . , , london. fiercely indepen...