brown bodies???
Ursula should congratulate him, not raise doubts. Operation Gomorrah was considered an enormous success by the crews. It was a turning point, it would push the war nearer to its conclusion, it would help those troops, the ‘brown bodies’ who at some future date were going to have to land again on European soil and battle their way to the end. ‘A good prang,’ his flight engineer, Geoff Smythson, had written in his log book. A good show, the solicitor said yesterday, slavering in anticipation of the poor pig.
I would like to know what does "brown bodies" here mean. Thanks.