LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Edgar George BROAD
Service No: 402849
Born: Grafton NSW, 10 July 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 40 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Alconbury
Died: Air Operations (No. 40 Squadron Wellington aircraft X9742), North Sea, 14 January 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert George and Louise F. Broad, of Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Moss Vale NSW
Remembered: Panel 111, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Moss Vale War Memorial, Moss Vale NSW
At 1645 hours on 14 January 1942Wellington X9742 Alconbury for bombing operations against Hamburg, Germany. It was last heard from at 1853 hours, when it sent a distress message reporting engine failure and position 5312N 00302E, calculated as over the North Sea. Searches failed to locate the aircraft or crew members.
The crew members of X9742 were:
Pilot Officer Edgar George Broad (402849) (Pilot)
Sergeant James Roy Fenwick (1052485) (RAFVR) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant John Priestly (916519) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Christopher Donaldson Russell (1002563) (RAFVR) (Observer)
Sergeant Thomas Hugh Thomas (1294757) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Timmons (997190) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/24/207
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line