After Flight
Later he worked for Metropolitan-Vickers, the company that had once been British Westinghouse. In 1923 he was appointed chief representative for Metropolitan-Vickers in the Swansea area.
During the Second World War Brown served in the Home Guard as a Lieutenant-Colonel before resigning his commission in July 1941, rejoining the RAF and working in Training Command dealing with navigation. His health deteriorated and by mid-1943 he had to give up RAFVR and ATC commitments on medical advice.
Brown's only son, Arthur (known as Buster), was killed on the night of 5/6 June 1944, aged 22, while serving with the RAF as a Flight Lieutenant. His aircraft, a De Havilland Mosquito VI 'NT122', 605 Squadron, crashed in Holland. Buster was buried at Hoorn general cemetery. The death of his only son affected Brown badly.
By 1948 Brown’s health had again deteriorated, although he was allowed to undertake restricted duties as general manager for Metropolitan-Vickers at the Wind Street offices.
Brown died in his sleep on 4 October 1948 from an accidental overdose of Veronal, aged 62. Kay, his wife, died in May 1952, aged 56. He is buried at St Margaret Churchyard, Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, England.
During the 1980s Britannia Airways operated a Boeing 737-204/Adv airliner (construction number 20632/316; registration G-BADP) named “Sir Arthur Whitten Brown”
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