Broughton, John Du Vernet
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John Du Vernet |
Surname | Broughton |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-04-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Henry and Ida Mary Broughton, of Edgecliffe, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5375 |
Markings | PH-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot C. Row 10. Grave 262. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 82722 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5755 (P358240/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-04-1941 |
End Date | 10-04-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Emden |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 2230 Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0059 in the IJsselmeer. All bodies were recovered and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries. |