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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. |
| Squadrons for : Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
| Squadron | Info | |
Country : UK Founded : 7th November 1915 Impiger et acer - Energetic and keen | No.29 Sqn RAF No 29 Squadron was formed at Gosport on 7 November 1915 from a nucleus supplied by No 23 Squadron, and after training moved to France in March 1916 as the third squadron to be fully equipped with fighters. Its DH2s were engaged in escort duties to protect the slow and vulnerable reconnaissance aircraft over the Western Front ,By late 1916 the DH.2 was outclassed by new German fighters, but No. 29 kept its pushers until March 1917, when it was re-equipped with Nieuport 17s. These were replaced with later Nieuport types, such as the Nieuport 24bis, as these became available. Due to a shortage of the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a the squadron retained its Nieuports until April 1918, being replaced by SE5As, which were used for the rest of the war on fighter and ground -attack missions. After a short period in Germany, the squadron Squadron was reduced to a cadre and in August 1919 returned to Spittlegate in the UK, in August 1919 where it was disbanded on 31 December 1919. The squadron was reformed on 1 April 1923, initially equipped with Sopwith Snipes. These were replaced by Gloster Grebes in January 1925, In turn, these were replaced by the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIA in March 1928 and Bristol Bulldogs in June 1932. In March 1935, the squadron received two-seater Hawker Demons, which it operated until 1938. This included service in Egypt from October 1935 to 1936, during the Abyssinian crisis. The squadron also operated a few old Fairey Gordons for night patrols in Egypt. No 29 began the Second World War with its Blenheims, which at the period operated as day fighters – especially on convoy protection patrols. From June 1940 it became a night fighter squadron, receiving some of the first Beaufighters in November, though it was February 1941 before the squadron was fully equipped with the new fighter. Various marks of the de Havilland Mosquito were flown by the squadron from May 1943 culminating in the Mosquito NF30. From the middle of 1944 most of the squadron’s missions took it over the continent. The Mosquitoes continued to serve until replaced by Meteors in August 1951 at Tangmere. In January 1957 the squadron Squadron moved north, first to Northumberland and then in July 1958 to Scotland, conversion to Javelins taking having taken place in November 1957. In February 1963, No 29 was moved to Cyprus and in December 1965 went detached to Zambia for nine months on detachmentduring the Rhodesian crisis. In May 1967 the squadron Squadron returned to the UK to become are-equip with Lightnings squadron, disbanding on 31 December 1974. No 29 reformed at Coningsby as a Phantom squadron on 1 January 1975. A detachment was provided for the defence of the Falklands as soon as the airfield at Stanley was capable of operating Phantoms at the endin August of 1982. This became No 23 Squadron in March 1983 The Squadron swapped its Phantoms for Tornado F3 fighters in 1987 remaining at Coningsby until disbanded in October 1998. Five years later, the squadron was reformed, this time as the Typhoon operational conversion unit (OCU) based at BAE Systems' Warton airfield. In April 1987, No 29 Squadron became the first operational squadron to be equipped with the Tornado F3, deploying to Saudi Arabia after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 and flying throughout Operation DESERT STORM in the air-defence role. The Squadron was again disbanded in October 1998. | |
Country : Canada Founded : 5th May 1941 Fate : Disbanded 31st August 1945 City of Saskatoon We kill by night | No.406 Sqn RCAF Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : Canada Founded : 15th November 1941 Fate : Disbanded 7th September 1945 City of Edmonton Piyautailili - Defend even unto death | No.418 Sqn RCAF Full profile not yet available. | |
| Aircraft for : Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce | |||
| A list of all aircraft associated with Flight Lieutenant Robert Bruce. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
| Squadron | Info | ||
Manufacturer : De Havilland Production Began : 1940 Retired : 1955 Number Built : 7781 | Mosquito Used as a night fighter, fighter bomber, bomber and Photo-reconnaissance, with a crew of two, Maximum speed was 425 mph, at 30,300 feet, 380mph at 17,000ft. and a ceiling of 36,000feet, maximum range 3,500 miles. the Mosquito was armed with four 20mm Hospano cannon in belly and four .303 inch browning machine guns in nose. Coastal strike aircraft had eight 3-inch Rockets under the wings, and one 57mm shell gun in belly. The Mossie at it was known made its first flight on 25th November 1940, and the mosquito made its first operational flight for the Royal Air Force as a reconnaissance unit based at Benson. In early 1942, a modified version (mark II) operated as a night fighter with 157 and 23 squadron's. In April 1943 the first De Haviland Mosquito saw service in the Far east and in 1944 The Mosquito was used at Coastal Command in its strike wings. Bomber Commands offensive against Germany saw many Mosquitos, used as photo Reconnaissance aircraft, Fighter Escorts, and Path Finders. The Mosquito stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1955. and a total of 7781 mosquito's were built. | ||
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