John Braham (RAF officer)
List of victories

John Braham (RAF officer)

Section Title: List of victories
Table Section Text: None

Chronicle of aerial victories

Can be identified with certainty

Claim No.	Date	Time	Flying	Enemy type	Details

1.	25 August 1940	Night	Bristol Blenheim	Heinkel He 111	The He 111P, code GI+CT, belonged to 9. Staffel, III./Kampfgeschwader 55 (KG 55—55th Bomber Wing).

2.	13 March 1941	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 17	Claimed north of Wells at 21:45. The claim was made during the night of the Clydebank Blitz, with supporting German air operations flown throughout the British Isles.

3.	9 May 1941	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Heinkel He 111	Claimed over Wimbledon at 00:05. Identified as He 111H-5, Werknummer 4019, code 1G+MK, belonging to 2./Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27—27th Bomber Wing).

4.	7 July 1941	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Junkers Ju 88	Claimed at 01:10 over the Thames Estuary. Ju 88s are known to have been reported missing after this night; 3./Kampfgeschwader 30 and 3./Küstenfliegergruppe 106 reported losses.

5.	12 September 1941	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Heinkel He 111	Claimed 10 miles south east of Dover.

6.	19 October 1941	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 17	Claimed 15 miles off Foreland at 21:00.

7.	24 October 1941	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Heinkel He 111	Claimed at 18:00 off Great Yarmouth. Identified as Ju 88, 4D+DA, Werknummer 4242 belonging to Erpro./Kampfgeschwader 30 which crashed off Lowestoft at 18:00.

8.	7 June 1942	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 217	Claimed at 03:00 15 miles east of Sandwich, Kent. The claim was made during a raid by III./Kampfgeschwader 2 (KG 2—2nd Bomber Wing) against Canterbury.

9.	10 August 1942	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 217	Claimed at 00:10 40 miles north east of Foreness Point. Identified as Do 217E-4 Werknummer 4242 from 2.

10.	28 August 1942	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Junkers Ju 88	Claimed off Beachy Head. Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77—77th Bomber Wing) was in action in this area in August 1942 and on the 28th was involved in unspecified operations over England.

11.	26 October 1942	Day	Bristol Beaufighter	Junkers Ju 88	Claimed 25 miles off Beachy Head on a daylight operation. A Ju 88 from 3.

12.	31 October 1942	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 217	Claimed seven miles off East Foreland. Claim was made during a 57-aircraft raid on Canterbury.

13.	21 January 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 217	Claimed 10 miles south west of Dungeness at 01:00.

14.	14 June 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Messerschmitt Bf 110	Claimed over Stavoren in the Netherlands. Only one Bf 110 was shot down on this night, which crashed near Heinsberg.

15.	25 June 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Messerschmitt Bf 110	Claimed near Gilze-Rijen Air Base. Seven Bf 110s were shot down, damaged or crash landed after combat with enemy fighters on this night.

16.	9 August 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Messerschmitt Bf 110	Claimed near Sint-Truiden Air Base. Two losses over Belgium on this night; Werknummer 5536 belonging to III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3—3rd Night Fighter Wing) crash landed pilot unhurt; Werknummer 6272 code 3C+LJ belonging to I./NJG 4 destroyed.

17.	18 August 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Messerschmitt Bf 110	Claimed off the Dutch coast. Identified as Bf 110G-4Werknummer "G9+EZ" of 12./NJG 1 flown by Feldwebel Georg Kraft (15 victories).

18.	18 August 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Messerschmitt Bf 110	Claimed off the Dutch coast. Identified as Bf 110G-4 Werknummer 4874 "G9+BY" of 11./NJG 1 flown by Feldwebel Heinz Vinke (54 victories).

19.	28 September 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Dornier Do 217	Claimed a Do 217 in the Hanover area. One source concluded Braham was most likely to have caused Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank (55 victories)—who was flying a Heinkel He 219 in the area—to crash.

20.	30 September 1943	Night	Bristol Beaufighter	Messerschmitt Bf 110	Claimed over the Netherlands. Identified as Bf 110G-4 Werknummer 5477 "G9+ER" flown by Hauptmann August Geiger (53 victories) of 7./NJG 1.

21.	5 March 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Heinkel He 177	Claimed over Châteaudun Air Base. One He 177 was certainly lost on this night, during Operation Steinbock, over Châteaudun whilst on a non-operational flight.

22.	24 March 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Junkers Ju 52	Claimed near Aalborg, Denmark. Identified as Werknummer 7509, code DP+EH, belonging to Flugzeugführerschule B 31 (Flying Leader School).

23.	24 March 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Junkers W 34	Claimed near Aalborg, Denmark. Identified as Ju W 34 Werknummer 1436 of Gruppe Adj Bordfliegergruppe 196.

24.	4 April 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Bücker Bü 131	Location and time not recorded in Braham's log book.

25.	13 April 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Heinkel He 111	Location and time not recorded in Braham's log book.

26.	13 April 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Focke-Wulf Fw 58	Identified as belonging to IV./Fliegerzielgeschwader 1. Aircraft destroyed. Two of the crew were unwounded. The third, Otto Frölich, was wounded.

27.	29 April 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Claimed north west of Poitiers. Braham's report stated it was carrying a drop tank and rockets under the wing – possibly on a special operation.

28.	7 May 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Junkers Ju 88	Claimed west of Roskilde in Denmark. Identified as Ju 88A-5 "4D+GV", Werknummer 2432, belonging to 11./Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30—30th Bomber Wing) was destroyed.

29.	12 May 1944	Day	de Havilland Mosquito	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Claimed near Herning in Denmark. The tail section was seen by radio operator Gregory to disintegrate and the Fw 190 crashed into a river bank.

Sentence(s)

John Braham gained victory on 7 July 1941 with the destruction of a Ju 88 and again on 12 September by shooting down a He 111 as his fifth victory.

final_sentence: John Braham gained victory on 7 July 1941 with the destruction of a Ju 88 and again on 12 September by shooting down a He 111 as his fifth victory.