Tommy Broom

Squadron Leader Thomas John Broom, DFC & Two Bars (22 January 1914 – 18 May 2010) was a Royal Air Force officer who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross three times for bomber operations during the Second World War.

Broom was born in Portishead, Somerset, on 22 January 1914 and educated at Slade Road School.

e soon grew bored and, in 1932, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) where he trained to be a navigator.

13 Operational Training Unit at Bicester, where he taught navigators the skills required for combat.

105 Squadron in 1942 and completed another tour, after which he was posted to 1655 Mosquito Training Unit where he remained until May 1944.