John Randall Daniel "Bob" Braham:Blue Plaque

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    John Randall Daniel "Bob" Braham:Blue Plaque
    Wing Commander JRD ‘Bob’ Braham was an RAF pilot during the Second World War. He won more awards for gallantry than any other British serviceman, with a total of seven decorations. His blue plaque marks his former childhood home at Hendon Way in Barnet, London.
    John Braham (RAF officer) - Wikipedia
     

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  2. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

    When he was shot down and taken POW, which OFLAG was he sent to?
    Stefan.
     
  3. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    AIR20/2336 at Kew shows Stalag Luft III. But the satellite camp at Belaria opened in January 1944 so he may have ended there.

    Dave
     
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  4. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

    Thanks Dave.
    Stefan.
     
  5. timuk

    timuk Well-Known Member

    Wow! DSO and two bars, DFC and two bars and an AFC.
    Tim
     
  6. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

    Marriages Sep 1919
    Braham Ernest G Randall Bristol 6a 667
    Randall Ethel M Braham Bristol 6a 667

    Births
    Braham John R D Randall Shepton M. Jun 1920
    Braham Josephine I Randall Shepton M. Sep 1921

    1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
    Priory Estate, Whitchurch Road, Tavistock, Devon
    NAME DOB OCCUPATION
    Ernest G Braham 24 Feb 1891 Clerk In Holy Orders
    Ethel M Braham 22 May 1890 Unpaid Domestic Duties
    Josephine I Bromley (Braham) 17 May 1921 Accountants Clerk
     
  7. BFBSM

    BFBSM Very Senior Member

    His book ‘Scramble’ (William Kimber, London, 1985) only states being held at Stalag Luft III, Sagan until he left there on the ‘Long March’, initially to Bremen, and then in May when on part two of the March to Denmark, they were ‘over-run by troops of the British 11th Armoured Division near Lubeck’.
     
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