Richard Edward Bragg
Service number
145473
Military unit
78 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of birth
Date of death
14 May 1943 (26 years old)
Place of birth
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Family history
Son of Richard Edward and Ann Bragg, of Nuthall, Nottinghamshire; husband of Dorothy Rita Bragg
Military history
He was the pilot of Halifax II JB924 which Took off 2317 13 May 1943 from Linton-on-Ouse. Shot down by a night- fighter (Hptm Helmut Lent 1V.
Flight Lieutenant R Grey, Sergeant D Baxter, Pilot Officer R E Bragg, Sergeant J M Farrell (RCAF), Flight Sergeant A A Kew (RCAF), Sergeant R D Matches, Sergeant E Pritchard: killed; Sergeant H E Gell: prisoner of war; Halifax JB924, 78 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight, enemy action, Wijnaldum, Netherlands,
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