Squadron Leader Tommy Broom DFC**: the legendary pathfinder Mosquito navigator (New ed.)

Tommy Broom is one of the RAF's most legendary and popular heroes of World War II.

He joined the service at eighteen years of age in 1932 and after service in the Middle East, he first saw action against Germany in a Fairey Battle during 1939 with No 105(B) Squadron.

He continued to serve with 105 Squadron until November 1940, a period that included the disastrous Battle of France and the low-level attacks on the Channel ports to destroy the invasion barges, in both of which actions the squadron suffered severe losses.