Flt Sgt Peter Brown, originally from Jamaica, was one the last so-called 'pilots of the Caribbean'.
Hundreds of people have asked to attend the funeral of Flt Sgt Peter Brown, seen here on his 93rd birthdayHundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral of a World War Two RAF airman from London.
Brooke Alexander, a distant cousin, has flown to London from Jamaica for the service, having been tracked down by genealogists investigating Flt Sgt Brown's life story. Flt Sgt Brown's funeral was originally going to be held at Mortlake Crematorium in south-west London in March.after they were inundated with requests from the public to attend and neighbours campaigned for him to have a big send-off.
Reverend Ruth Hake, who will conduct the funeral, said it was important the service was held in the "spiritual home of the Royal Air Force". Having left no known relatives, the job of organising Flt Sgt Brown's funeral fell to his local authority, Westminster City Council.to anyone related to the airman to make contact, and later said it had received an "overwhelming" response from people interested in the funeral.
Lisa Hill, a genealogist who researched Flt Sgt Brown's past, said he had flown five missions in Lancaster bombers before the age of 20.She told the BBC that, having searched Jamaican newspaper archives, she found articles about him returning home to visit his mother.
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