Broderick, John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John |
Surname | Broderick |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-04-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7621 |
Markings | BU-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. B. 13. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1254086 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-04-1943 |
End Date | 05-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Kiel. 577 aircraft, making this the largest raid of the war so far, with the exception of the 1000-bomber raids. 12 aircraft lost (2.1%). Thick cloud and strong winds in the target area made PFF marking difficult. Decoy fires also drew some bombing. As a result there was little damage caused |
Reason for Loss | Shot down at Schlesen, 20 km east of Kiel. The pilot of the aircraft attempted a landing on a field near the lake Dobersdorfer See. The aircraft slid approx 300 metres over the field, then flipped over and continued on into the lake where it stopped about 100 metres from the shore. The crew were all killed but not all as a result of the crash. Only Sgt. Broderick's body was found, on the small island of Amrum in the North Sea, some 120km from the crash site, suggesting that he may have baled out before the attempted landing. He was originally interred in Nebel Cemetery but was later re-interred in Keil War Cemetery. |