See also Henry Broadhurst for the trade unionist and politician
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Harry Broadhurst
Harry Broadhurst, pictured here while Air Officer Commanding, Western Desert Air Force.
Nickname(s)
"Broady"
Born
(1905-10-28)28 October 1905 Frimley, Surrey, England
Died
29 August 1995(1995-08-29) (aged 89) Birdham, Chichester District, West Sussex, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1925–1961
Rank
Air Chief Marshal
Service number
24035
Commands held
Allied Air Forces Central Europe (1959–61) Bomber Command (1956–59) Second Tactical Air Force (1953–56) No. 61 Group (1946–48) No. 83 Group (1944–45) Desert Air Force (1943–44) RAF Hornchurch (1941–42) RAF Wittering (1940) RAF Coltishall (1940) No. 111 Squadron (1939–40)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar Air Force Cross Mentioned in Despatches (3) Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, GCB, KBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, AFC (28 October 1905 – 29 August 1995), commonly known as Broady, was a senior Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War.
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Montgomery, Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham, and Air Vice Marshal HarryBroadhurst. Even after the end of the conflict, production of the type continued...
RAF Waddington, the aircraft was loaned to C-in-C Air Marshal Sir HarryBroadhurst and Squadron Leader Donald "Podge" Howard for a 26,000 mi (42,000 km;...
northern France. After a brief trip to America with Adolph Malan and HarryBroadhurst to evaluate lend-lease aircraft and train American pilots, he returned...
Libya) 31 January 1943 Air Vice-Marshal HarryBroadhurst Desert Air Force 10 July 1943 Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst 6 April 1944 Air Vice-Marshal William...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Foster 3 December 1953 Air Marshal Sir HarryBroadhurst 22 January 1956 Air Marshal The Earl of Bandon 1 June 1957 – Air Marshal...
face a court-martial if Bader was in his unit. The COs of Bader's unit, Harry Day and Henry Wollett, gave the pilots more latitude, although Day encouraged...
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with another protégé, Major-General Gerard Bucknall. Air Vice Marshal HarryBroadhurst recalled an incident from the campaign: "Bimbo" Dempsey, who'd then...
Zealand Division (Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg). Air Vice Marshal HarryBroadhurst then came up with an innovative proposal to clear the way using fighters...
(born 1934) 27 August – Carl Giles, cartoonist (born 1916) 29 August – HarryBroadhurst, World War II air ace (born 1905) 31 August – David Farrar, actor (born...
James Harry Lacey, DFM & Bar (1 February 1917 – 30 May 1989), known as Ginger Lacey, was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the...
pilot, Squadron Leader D. R. Howard, and co-pilot Air Marshal Sir HarryBroadhurst, AOC-in-C Bomber Command, both ejected and survived, the other four...
(14 & 7 shared) Donald McKay (14) Peter Wykeham (14) Ian Gleed (13) HarryBroadhurst (13) Ronald Hay (13) Joseph Kayll (13) John Mungo-Park (13) James O'Meara...
on the Vulcan B.2 was especially dubious, and Air Chief Marshal Sir HarryBroadhurst attributed it to lobbying by Sir Frederick Handley Page, a desire to...
verifying that their instruments were correct. Air Chief Marshal Sir HarryBroadhurst, the head of Bomber Command, wished O'Connor luck; his XD827 would...
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(14 & 7 shared) Donald McKay (14) Peter Wykeham (14) Ian Gleed (13) HarryBroadhurst (13) Ronald Hay (13) Joseph Kayll (13) John Mungo-Park (13) James O'Meara...
Rennes, Alençon and St. Malo. After Epsom, Montgomery had to tell General Harry Crerar that the activation of the First Canadian Army would have to wait...
9 April 1953 22 January 1956 2 years, 288 days 11 Broadhurst, HarryAir Marshal Sir HarryBroadhurst (1905–1995) 22 January 1956 20 May 1959 3 years, 118 days...
(14 & 7 shared) Donald McKay (14) Peter Wykeham (14) Ian Gleed (13) HarryBroadhurst (13) Ronald Hay (13) Joseph Kayll (13) John Mungo-Park (13) James O'Meara...
The Broadhurst Theatre is a Broadway theater at 235 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1917, the...
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