Recorded interview with Corporal Paul Brown, 11 January 2019

Paul Brown served as an RAF photographer in the UK, in Singapore and in Berlin with the British Commander-in-Chief’s Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, during the 1950s and 1960s.

Paul Brown joined the RAF as a boy entrant photographer, serving at RAF Wyton and in Singapore with 74 Squadron, operating Lightning aircraft, as corporal in charge of the photographic section. While at RAF Gatow, in Berlin, he worked with the British Commander-in-Chief’s Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, known as BRIXMIS. He explains the role of BRIXMIS and describes his experience of visits to East Berlin and East Germany.