Bren at War

[Brit plumber]

And it has a drum mag adapter on it.

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[Luis Bren]

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945. | Imperial War Museums



From their hillside post, Leading Aircraftmen A Nickson and F Yewbrey of the RAF Regiment point out Japanese positions in the Imphal Valley to their Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader T F Ryalls, and a unit commander, Flying Officer J D Crowhill. At the height of the Siege of Imphal, four RAF Regiment squadrons, and numerous light anti-aircraft flights, were employed in defending the airfields in the valley.

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A Bren gun team of an RAF Regiment Anti-Aircraft Flight, await the order to move forward while securing a desert landing ground in Egypt. These units seized the Fuka and Daba landing grounds during the enemy's withdrawal following the Battle of El Alamein, capturing 300 some prisoners and clearing the area ready for the arrival of the flying squadrons.

ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943. | Imperial War Museums

[Peter Laidler]

My dad told me that RAF = Rare As Fairies

[Brit plumber]

Even rarer now Peter!!

[Luis Bren]

Private Watkins of the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, aims his Bren gun from a dugout in the garden of a house in Gangelt, on the Dutch/German border, 17 December 1944.



THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH WEST EUROPE 1944-45 | Imperial War Museums

[Peter Laidler]

I cant help wondering what would have happened if he'd started firing his Bren, with those iron or steel railings about 10" from the muzzle. He'd have got an awful lot of ricochets and splinters back in his face.

[Peter Laidler]

We had a Valentine tank in the kids play area, as a bit of playground kit while I was at the big Ordnance Depot at Ngaruawahia on the North island during '68. IT was a job in NZ or off to Malaya ..... yet again - and then off to do a similar job in SVn. Well, I told the other bloke he needed the experience and a man has to take the rough with the smooth so I opted for NZ.

Anyway, I wonder what happened to the Valentine.

[Woodsy]

Peter, I don't know about the Valentine at Ngaruwhahia but there was another in the playground at Ohakune (near Waiouru Camp) that has since been fully restored by a collector, as have several other field guns etc. that were once in public areas. Several are still on public display but many have been sold/given to collectors. Many district councils are a bit on the PC side (but not all!). Collectors take great pride is displaying their toys at MV displays around NZ each year.

[Peter Laidler]

We also had an old war time type Jeep Woodsy that could be used for unit approved 'recreation' at the weekend on a 'repayment' basis. I used it a couple of times, took my girlfriend over to the East coast for a couple of long weekends to Tauronga. Told the ASM me and a couple of the blokes were going fishing. He called me a 'lying pom' - but nodded his approval. Sadly the other two blokes couldn't make it.........

[Woodsy]

Tauranga is quite a nice place, but you wouldn't have noticed that!