Person    | Male  Born 6/4/1920  Died 7/2/1974

Group Captain John Randall Daniel Braham, DSO & 2 bars, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC.

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Canada

War served, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW2.

RAF fighter pilot. Born John Randall Daniel Braham in Holcombe, Somerset, and known as 'Bob'. In World War II, he was one of the most successful night fighter pilots. He was awarded the DSO & Two Bars, the DFC & Two Bars and the AFC and from Belgium the Order of the Crown and their Croix de Guerre. In 1944 he was shot down and imprisoned by the Germans.

He was the most highly decorated airman in RAF Fighter Command. After the war he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and continued flying until his retirement, when he joined the Historic Sites Department of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Died in Nova Scotia.

His Wikipedia page gives a comprehensive review of his life.

John Randall Daniel Braham was born on 6 April 1920, the elder child of the Reverend Ernest Goodall Braham (1891-1951) and Ethel May Braham née Randall (1894-1941). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1920 in the Shepton Mallet Registration District, Somerset. His sister was Josephine Irene Braham (1921-1989).

On 15 April 1941 he married Joan H. Hyde in Duxford, Cambridgeshire and they had three children: Michael R. Braham (b.1942); Robert J. Braham (b.1943) and David S. Braham (b.1948).

Having emigrated to Canada he died of brain tumour, aged 53 years, on 7 February 1974 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was neither buried or cremated but donated his body to medical science.

He is shown as 'Wing Commander J. R. D. 'Bob' Braham' on the English Heritage blue plaque at 139 Hendon Way, London, NW2.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Group Captain John Randall Daniel Braham, DSO & 2 bars, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC.

Commemorated ati

J. R. D. Braham

Wing Commander J. R. D. 'Bob' Braham, 1920 - 1974, RAF fighter pilot, lived h...

Read More

Other Subjects

J. E. Sumner

J. E. Sumner

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
John Innes Brown III

John Innes Brown III

Major John Innes Brown III was born on 13 January 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, the son of John William Brown (1887-1955) and Cleone Henrietta Brown née Taggart (1898-1994). The Ame...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel John By

Lieutenant Colonel John By

Founder of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers. Born Lambeth and baptised in the church of St. Mary-at-Lambeth, August 10, 1779. After a distinguished career ...

Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, Canada

1 memorial
R. M. Barr

R. M. Barr

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
A. E. May

A. E. May

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial