[6] He returned to England, and was posted to combat duty in France with 56 Squadron on 20 April 1917 as a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a pilot.
Broadberry remained in the newly formed Royal Air Force after the First World War and made a career of it.
On 1 August 1919, he granted a permanent commission in the reorganized Royal Air Force as a flying officer.
[8] Quite some years of his career passed unnoticed; however, in 1936, he was a squadron leader at the Air Observers School at North Coates.
[9] On 24 April 1940, in the early stages of World War II, Wing Commander Broadberry transferred duty to the Technical Branch of the RAF.