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Flt.Lt Stanley George Braybrook
Royal Air Force 150 Squadron
from:London.
Learnt to fly in the US at Lancaster, California before USA was in war. Went on to Canada for Navigator training. Returned to UK on Queen Elizabeth. First posted to Coastal Command, then on Wellingtons in North Africa with 150 Squadron. Bombing focused on Sicily, Italy and Rumania. Was on one of the RAF raids on the Ploesti Oil Refinery. We still have log books, aerial photos and escape memorabilia. Ended the war flying a Liberator out East. A bomb dropped, Pacific war ended so ferried aircraft back from India to UK. Involved in early tests on ILS using Lancasters. Has written an autobiography, "Warts And All" published in Perth, Western Australia in 1993. Born in the UK in November 1920. Passed away in Perth, Western Australia during November 2000.