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Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC. The following aviaiton art prints have been signed by Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom Entering the RAF in 1940 he joined No 114 Squadron as a sergeant pilot flying Blenheims. After 12 operations he and his crew were allocated to No 105 Squadron and then No 107 Squadron, the last remaining Blenheim Squadron in Malta. The Squadron remained there without relief for five months carrying out low level attacks on the shipping. Very few of the original crews survived the detachment, in fact he was commissioned during this period, when 107 Squadron had lost all their officers and for a short time was the only officer, other than the CO, in the Squadron. At the end of this tour he was awarded the DFC. In early 1943 he became one of the first Mosquito instructors in the Pathfinder Force and later moved to No 571 Squadron with the Light Night Strike Force. He then formed No 163 Squadron as acting Wing Commander. He was awarded a bar to his DFC for a low level moonlight mining attack on the Dormund - Ems Canal from 50ft and then a second bar for getting a 4000lb bomb into the mouth of a railway tunnel during the final German Ardennes offensive. During his time on Mosquitoes his navigator was Tommy Broom, together they formed an inseparable combination. Remaining with the RAF after WWII and in accordance with peacetime rules for a much smaller Air Force he was reduced in rank first to Squadron Leader and then to Flight Lieutenant in 1948. Promoted to Air Marshal in 1974 he became the Head of the UK National Air Traffic Services and was the first serving officer to be appointed to the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority. Retiring from the RAF in 1979 he has been actively engaged in civil aviation since then

Low Level Raiders by Keith Woodcock Two De Havilland Mosquito FBMk VIs of 464 squadron set out on a low level mission in difficult weather conditions.  Signed by  Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom, KCB, DSO, DFC. AFC and Squadron Leader T J Tommy Broom DFC. and Keith Woodcock

The Berlin Express by Stuart Brown During the climactic phases of WWII, the powerful De Haviland Mosquito, allowed aircrews to fly up to three sorties in twenty-four hours. The German capital was attacked with such regularity the inhabitants christened the high-speed bomber 'The Berlin Express'. Signed by Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom and Wing Commander Joe Singleton. 

Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom began his operational career flying Bristol Blenheims as a Sgt pilot. He amassed a total of 103 bombing raids in the Blenheim and the Mosquito, 22 of which were on the heavily defended German capitol Berlin. By the end of hostilities, Sir Ivor Broom had risen to the rank of Wing Commander (163 Squadron, 8 Group). He became Air Marshal after the war and received his knighthood in 1975.

Wing Commander Joe Singleton flew the Mosquito in both the offensive and defensive role. During the latter, his more notable engagements included downing three Ju88's in a matter of minutes. The three aircraft were pathfinders for a much larger force heading for the city of Hull. The interception of these three aircraft effectively put an end to the success of the enemy raid.

Mosquito by Frank Wootton  Also signed by five famous airmen including Group Captain John Cunningham DSO and Air Vice Marshal Sir Ivor Bloo KBE, CBE, DSO.

Rangers on the Rampage by Robert Taylor  RAF Edition signatures: Ivor Broom, Tom Broom, Terry Kearns, Charles Patterson, Ted Sismore, John Cunningham.

 

 

 

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