BIRTH-1916 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Broadbent, Gerald---Mother's Maiden Name: Pearson
District: Halifax [Vol & Page: 9a & 722]
DEATH-1943 June Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Broadbent, Gerald F---Age: 27
District: Swindon [Vol & Page: 5a & 7]
24 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#Z9510) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off from RAF Marston for a day-time cross-country training flight. During the flight, the port engine burst into flames and, as a result, Z9510 crashed near Castle Eaton in Wiltshire and took the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Gerald Francis BROADBENT,
RAFVR Sergeant Arthur Henry BURN,
RAFVR Sergeant Ernest George COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant Harry MILLWARD and
RAFVR Sergeant Ernest Edward RUSSELL.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service No: 1491322
Age: 27
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 24 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Long Marston, Warwickshire
Son of George A. and Margaret E. (née Pearson) Broadbent of Halifax, Yorkshire, England [they married in 1915 in Halifax]; husband of Lucy (née Martin) Broadbent [they married in 1942].
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
BIRTH-1916 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Broadbent, Gerald---Mother's Maiden Name: Pearson
District: Halifax [Vol & Page: 9a & 722]
DEATH-1943 June Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Broadbent, Gerald F---Age: 27
District: Swindon [Vol & Page: 5a & 7]
24 OTU's Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (#Z9510) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off from RAF Marston for a day-time cross-country training flight. During the flight, the port engine burst into flames and, as a result, Z9510 crashed near Castle Eaton in Wiltshire and took the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Gerald Francis BROADBENT,
RAFVR Sergeant Arthur Henry BURN,
RAFVR Sergeant Ernest George COOPER,
RAFVR Sergeant Harry MILLWARD and
RAFVR Sergeant Ernest Edward RUSSELL.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Bomber
Service No: 1491322
Age: 27
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 24 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Long Marston, Warwickshire
Son of George A. and Margaret E. (née Pearson) Broadbent of Halifax, Yorkshire, England [they married in 1915 in Halifax]; husband of Lucy (née Martin) Broadbent [they married in 1942].
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SGT. GERALD FRANCIS BROADBENT R. A. F. V. R.
KILLED IN FLYING ACCIDENT MAY 13TH 1943
AGED 27 YEARS.
(Epitaph…)
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE SHOULD LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY."
"ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM O LORD."
R. I. P.
