Broome, Sidney
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Sidney |
Surname | Broome |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Patience Broome. Husband of Marjorie Ida Broome, of Tunstall, Stoke-On-Trent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT539 |
Markings | DY-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot K. Row 6. Grave 130. |
Epitaph | EVER REMEMBERED BY MARJORIE, SYDNEY MICHAEL, MOTHER, FATHER AND ALL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1190407 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/40 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/39 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-11-1942 |
End Date | 10-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 213 aircraft, 15 losses (7.0%). Many weather problems, including cloud, wind and icing, and absence of a successful PFF marker conspired to make this raid relatively unsuccessful |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Oosterend on the Dutch island of Texel |