Squadron leader Tommy Broom DFC**
By: by Tom Parry Evans
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Long Preston [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780750530255
Subjects: History; Military Flight navigators; Biography; Mosquito (Military aircraft); World War, 1939-1945; British Aerial operations; British Personal narratives; Aerial Military operations; British; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Great Britain
Description: "The legendary Pathfinder Mosquito navigator. Tommy Broom is one of the RAF's most legendary and popular heroes of World War II. He joined the service at 18 in 1932, and first saw action against Germany in No. 105(B) Squadron. He continued to combine front-line flying with spells at 13 Operational Training Unit at Bicester, teaching newly-trained navigators the additional skills required from combat situations. Tommy teamed up with a namesake as his pilot, Ivor Broom - they became known as the Flying Brooms - and they completed 57 operations together. The good nature and quiet confidence of this brilliant navigator drew praise from both pilots and those he trained"--Back cover.
Notes: "Published in 1999 as 'A Posset lad'"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.