File:Bob Braham and Sticks Gregory with DH Mosquito CH13174.jpg
Bob_Braham_and_Sticks_Gregory_with_DH_Mosquito_CH13174.jpg (800 × 521 pixels, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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Summary
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Bridge B (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer |
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| Description |
English: Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. The successful night-fighting team of Wing Commander J R D "Bob" Braham (pilot, right) and Flight Lieutenant W J "Sticks" Gregory (navigator), standing in front of a De Havilland Mosquito at Benson Oxfordshire. Braham was at this time on a supposedly non-operational tour as Wing Commander (Night Operations) at Headquarters, No. 2 Group, Mongewell Park, Wallingford, Berkshire. However he took the opportunity to team up again with Gregory and to fly a number of operational 'Rangers' on Mosquitos borrowed from other squadrons, adding a further 9 victories to his score of 20 enemy aircraft shot down. On 12 May 1944 they were forced to ditch in the North Sea on being hit by anti-aircraft fire after despatching the 29th victim. Following their rescue Braham was "grounded" until 6 June 1944. He and Gregory are seen here having travelled to Benson (the airfield nearest to HQ 2 Group), for an Air Ministry 'photo call'. They refused to don helmets and parachutes for the photographer, but are wearing their, preferred, German lifejackets. The aircraft in this image is likely not a night fighter model, as it lacks the "thimble" nose and retains the four Browning machine guns. It is likely a convenient fighter model that was available at Benson at the time of the photo. |
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| Date | between 1943 and 1945 | |||
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http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//53/media-53536/large.jpg
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| Permission (Reusing this file) |
This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation. | |||
| Part of | Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection | |||
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| Category | photographs | |||
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