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Robert Bruce | Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce Accepted for aircrew training in February 1942, but only entered Navigation School at Mount Hope, Ontario in March 1943. From there he went to Greenwood, Nova Scotia and was again delayed so that it was already almost Christmas 1943 when he met Sq/Ldr Russ Bannock RCAF, DSO, DFC and Bar, and was accepted by him as navigator. They reached No 418 Squadron RCAF who were Intruders in No 11 Group at D-Day and they destroyed a ME 110 landing at Bourges/Avord on 13/14 June. The Squadron was heavily engaged with VI Flying Bombs through July and August and they destroyed 19. Their other work was on Night Rangers over France and Germany and occasionally on Day Rangers mostly in the Baltic, usually paired with another Mosquito VI.Robert Bruce and Sq/Ldr D A MacFadyin DSO, DFC went to 406 Squadron to train them in Intruder techniques until the war ended and after that he went as Navigation Officer to No 29 Squadron. |
Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce |
  | Time To Go by Philip West. Price : £150.00 | Late 1944 and as the sun sets, Mark XIX Mosquito night fighters from 85 and 157 Squadrons based at RAF Swannington crew up for their next operation over hostile territory. These Mosquitoes scored many victories in the defence of Bomber Command aircr...... | |
| | Time To Go by Philip West. (AP) Price : £195.00 | Late 1944 and as the sun sets, Mark XIX Mosquito night fighters from 85 and 157 Squadrons based at RAF Swannington crew up for their next operation over hostile territory. These Mosquitoes scored many victories in the defence of Bomber Command aircr...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce |
   | Pilot Signed Mosquito Aircraft Prints. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £370 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. Night Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (C) A De Havilland Beauty by Ivan Berryman. Shining the Way (Mosquito) by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Mosquito Aircraft Prints by Philip West and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £170.00 Saving : £165 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. Trainbusters by Nicolas Trudgian. (APB) | |
 | Pilot Signed Mosquito Prints by Philip West and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £120.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. A Moment's Peace by Ivan Berryman. (C) | |
 | WW2 Mosquito Aircraft Prints by Philip West and Stuart Brown. Pack Price : £130.00 Saving : £200 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. The Berlin Express by Stuart Brown. | |
 | de Havilland Mosquito Aviation Prints by Philip West and Anthony Saunders. Pack Price : £110.00 Saving : £110 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders. |
| | Pilot Signed Mosquito Prints by Philip West and Anthony Saunders. Pack Price : £135.00 Saving : £145 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders. (D) | |
 | Mosquito Aircraft Prints by Philip West and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £150.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Time To Go by Philip West. Night Intruder by Robert Taylor. |
