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WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Pilot Officer 406137 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 454 Squadron, Gambut 3, Libya.
Flew Into the Ground Moments after taking off from Gambut 3 for an Anti-Shipping Sweep, probably due to the Inflation of the Pilot's Dinghy.
The crew members of AH171 were:
Flight Lieutenant Eric George Bamkin (406387) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant John Bentley Brocksopp (407489) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Charles Henry Broomhall (406137) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Colin James Randle (407275) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Son of James George and Ethel Mildred Broomhall, of Perth, Western Australia.
His name is located at panel 105 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)
WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Pilot Officer 406137 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 454 Squadron, Gambut 3, Libya.
Flew Into the Ground Moments after taking off from Gambut 3 for an Anti-Shipping Sweep, probably due to the Inflation of the Pilot's Dinghy.
The crew members of AH171 were:
Flight Lieutenant Eric George Bamkin (406387) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant John Bentley Brocksopp (407489) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Charles Henry Broomhall (406137) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Colin James Randle (407275) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Son of James George and Ethel Mildred Broomhall, of Perth, Western Australia.
His name is located at panel 105 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)
View Memorial Site here
WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Pilot Officer 406137 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 454 Squadron, Gambut 3, Libya.
Flew Into the Ground Moments after taking off from Gambut 3 for an Anti-Shipping Sweep, probably due to the Inflation of the Pilot's Dinghy.
The crew members of AH171 were:
Flight Lieutenant Eric George Bamkin (406387) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant John Bentley Brocksopp (407489) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Charles Henry Broomhall (406137) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Colin James Randle (407275) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Son of James George and Ethel Mildred Broomhall, of Perth, Western Australia.
His name is located at panel 105 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)
WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Pilot Officer 406137 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 454 Squadron, Gambut 3, Libya.
Flew Into the Ground Moments after taking off from Gambut 3 for an Anti-Shipping Sweep, probably due to the Inflation of the Pilot's Dinghy.
The crew members of AH171 were:
Flight Lieutenant Eric George Bamkin (406387) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant John Bentley Brocksopp (407489) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Charles Henry Broomhall (406137) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Colin James Randle (407275) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Son of James George and Ethel Mildred Broomhall, of Perth, Western Australia.
His name is located at panel 105 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)
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Until We meet Again"
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