The real truth about FS Peter Brown is here:
https://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com...316_113047.pdf
The reason why he doesn’t have the stars is because he only finished 1668 HCU for his Lancaster training in May 1945 and he was posted to 625 Sqn Lancasters on 13 May 45. That is 5 days
after VE Day but several months before VJ Day. He flew Op DODGE missions bringing back the 8th Army from the Med and also Post Mortem flights. The latter being highly secretive flights against the German Air Defences to test the effectiveness of our countermeasures. So he got the 1939-1945 War Medal and the Defence Medal as seen on this brave soul’s coffin:
It is a shame that they did not add a Wireless Op/Air’s “Air Signaller Flying Badge” to his coffin too. The medals and the badge would have been his most prized of possessions for sure.
Rest easy Flight