James Bracegirdle
I whānau mai i te 17 Nov 1918 - I mate atu i te 6 Sept 1940
- Nama Hōia
- NZ40199 AWMM
- WWII 40199 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 44 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- James AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Bracegirdle AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ40199 AWMM
- WWII 40199 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 17 Nov 1918 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mr H. Bracegirdle, 7 Heather Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Father : Mr. A. Bracegirdle of Auckland AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ40199 AWMM
- WWII 40199 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal Air Force, No. 106 Squadron AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 106 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- Levin - entered camp on 15 January 1940 AWMM
- Ohakea - trained as airgunner starting 9 February 1940 and awarded airgunner wings in March 1940. AWMM
- No. 16 Training Unit (UK) - entered unit on 2 June 1940 and trained on Hampden aircraft. AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Observer School, Malton, Ontario, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Engineer/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Akaroa AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 44 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Ethel Rose and Arthur Bracegirdle, Parnell, Auckland.
At the time of his death, Sergeant Bracegirdle had completed 81 hours of flying and was on what was possibly his 5th operation. He was attached at the time to Bomber Command and on the day of his death was flying in the position of Air Gunner.
In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.
Papers held in the Manuscripts Collection of the Museum Library contains several items of interest. These include letters describing Sergeant Bracegirdle's first missions over Europe including damage to his plane, his life in Lincolnshire, and friends (Doris Hill, Spencer, Morry Edwards), drawings of the Handley Page Hampden Bomber, booklet of the Battle of Britain Memorial Service in Westminster Abbey. He also mentions his will. Bracegirdle, James. Papers, 1940 - 1948. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 99/43. Harold, Jack Nelson. Military service records relating to the Harold and Bracegirdle families. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 97/28. Harold, Jack Nelson. Papers relating to World Wars I and II, 1914 - 1982. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/177.
Attended Seddon Memorial Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 6 Sept 1940 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 21. F. 11. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Tangata Ope Tauā
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2037102
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
Sources Used - List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
Sources Used - https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/29418/wow-ordeal-amazing-escape-bomberPublic - Antonio - Researcher - 12 January 2022 - Web Site
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications.
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, vol.1 - Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- Bracegirdle, James. Papers, 1940 - 1948. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 99/43.
- Harold, Jack Nelson. Military service records relating to the Harold and Bracegirdle families. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 97/28.
- Harold, Jack Nelson. Papers relating to World Wars I and II, 1914 - 1982. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/177.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
- Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications.
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