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W/C Bransome 'Branse' Burbridge : Sad Story

It saddens me that stories like this occur from time to time where the Family seemingly have to resort to selling medals, log books and other artefacts of such brave men to help fund their care in later life

Wing Commander Bransome 'Branse' Burbridge, who was RAF's most prolific night-fighter pilot, now aged 93 with Alzheimer's

Conscientious objector at start of war would later become a clergyman

Downed four German planes in single sortie, and three of Hitler's V1 rockets

DSO with bar and DFC with bar to be sold along with logbooks, flying jacket and wartime sketchbook of drawings of enemy planes

His family 'reluctantly' selling medals to raise £120,000 which will cover cost of care for six years if necessary

W/C Burdridge DSO, DFC

Coff.

PS. Sorry it's a DM article ...
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