Wing Commander Branse Burbridge died on November 1st, aged 95.
Wing Commander Branse Burbridge, RAF's most successful night fighter pilot ? obituary
A conscientious objector at the outbreak of WW2, he later joined the RAF and became a night-fighter pilot with No. 85 Squadron; initially on Havocs under the command of Peter Townsend. Later, on Mosquitoes, he and his navigator - Flying Officer "Bill" Skelton - scored 21 kills, exceeding the record of John Cunningham.
After his wife's death in 2012, his family found it necessary to sell his medals to fund specialist care for his advancing dementia.
Bill Skelton died in 2003.