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Sergeant David
Clifton Broatch - RAFVR |
| Sergeant David
Clifton Broatch RAFVR was born in 1925 at Burnley,
Lancashire. Before he joined the Air force he was an
apprentice draughtsman at an Aircraft works. He attempted to
enlist when he was under seventeen and then succeeded
in finally enlisting in December 1943 when he was aged about
eighteen. He was posted to 460 squadron and flew his tour of
operations with F/L Robert Stringer's crew.
The crew consisted of:
| Name |
Service |
Trade |
| Robert
Stringer - DFC |
RAAF |
Pilot |
| Albert
Jenkinson - DFC |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
| Leslie
Pearse - DFC |
RAAF |
Bomb
Aimer |
| Cecil
“Eddie” Noble |
RAFVR |
Wireless
Air Gunner |
| Don
Betton |
RAFVR |
M/U
Gunner |
| David
Broatch |
RAFVR |
Rear
Gunner |
The Stringer flew with various Flight Engineers, John Dart,
William George Warden,C.Entwhistle DFM, C.David and
A.L.Barlow.
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Sergeants David Broatch & Eddie Noble |
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David
and Imelda Broatch on their wedding day,Eddie Noble,left,
Don Betton. |
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He married Imelda Bennett at the church of Christ the King,
Springhill, Manchester Road, Burnley on the fifth of December
1944 with the crew’s mid upper gunner, Don Betton acting as
best man, and some of the crew attending. After the war he was
to become the Chief Design engineer at the G.E.C.London.
He passed away in April 1983 at Brentwood.
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