The Broodbank Collection

This page contains a list of all the archive material in my possession. In time, I hope to include links to images of some of these resources and cross reference items that have already been published in the blog.

If you are interested in any of these resources and want more information, please get in touch through the Contact page.

Please note – I am prepared to share any of this information to assist others in their research. I will only share electronic copies as I do not want to part with original material. Any use of this information on websites or in research papers must be appropriately credited to myself. And finally – please bear with me if I do not respond to your enquiry fast enough. This is a hobby, and family / work comes first!

REF	TYPE	ITEM
1	BOOK	Defence Until Dawn. The story of 488 NZ Squadron (Leslie Hunt) – Signed Copy
2	PERSONAL	Personal Recollections of GCA – Background
3	DRAWING	Colour drawing of “GCA principles of operation”
4	RAF FORM	Observers & Air Gunners Flying Log Book (Form 1767) – Covers flying with the following units:
		No 5 Air Observers School (RAF Jurby)
		62 Operational Training Unit (RAF Usworth & RAF Ouston)
		51 Operational Training Unit (RAF Cranfield & RAF Twinwood Farm))
		488(NZ) Squadron (RAF Bradwell bay, RAF Zeals, RAF Colerne)
		No 1 Radio School (RAF Cranwell)
		Signals Flying Unit (RAF Honiley)
		No 7 Ground Control Approach Unit (RAF St Eval)
		No 12 Ground Control Approach Unit (RAF Valley)
		No 12 Ground Control Approach Unit (RAF Prestwick)
5	RAF FORM	RAF Service & Release Book (Form 2520c (Officer))
6	PHOTO	Photograph of De Havilland Mosquito HK137 (ME-O)
7	PHOTO	Squadron Photo of 488(NZ) Squadron RAF. Feb 1944 (Well annotated with name & rank of all present.)
8	KIT	Escape Compass – Stud type
9	KIT	Escape Compass – See Through
10	KIT	Escape Compass – 2 part fly-button set
11	KIT	Escape Compass – Seam type
12	UNIFORM	3 RAF buttons
13	MISC	RAF wings lapel badge in Sterling Silver
14	UNIFORM	Cloth badge of unknown unit (Maybe CUAS?)
15	BOOK	RAF New Testament bible
16	BOOK	New Zealanders in the Air War (Alan W Mitchell)
17	DRAWING	488(NZ) Squadron crest
18	KIT	RAF teaspoon with crest on handle
19	PERSONAL	A Night Fighter on D Day (AJB) (Eyewitness account of 488(NZ) Squadron’s activity on D Day)
20	JOURNAL	AJB’s RAF journal – Handwritten journal containing detailed information of all flights and other relevant information covering all training & Operational Service
		The journal also contains the following resources that have been pasted into the journal:
a	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – de Havilland Fox Moth
b	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – de Havilland Tiger Moth
c	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – Avro Anson
d	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – Bristol Beaufort
e	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – de Havilland Dominie
f	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – Bristol Beaufighter
g	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – Airspeed Oxford
h	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – Miles Magister
i	PHOTO	Small (6″ x 4″) Photograph – Vickers Armstrong Wellington XI
j	MAP	Navigation Exercise maps from time at No5 AOS (RAF Jurby)
k	MISC	Autographs from Passing Out Dinner at No5 AOS (24/vi/43)
l	RAF FORM	Assessment Record from 62 OTU
m	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph- Bristol Beaufort
n	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph- de Havilland Dominie
o	PHOTO	Photograph of No 24 Course 51 OTU Members (Well annotated with name & rank of all present.)
p	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – Bristol Beaufort
q	PHOTO	RAF aerial photograph of RAF Bradwell Bay
r	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – de Havilland mosquito NF Mk II
s	PHOTO	Small candid photograph of AJB
t	PHOTO	Small candid photograph of AJB in Flying Uniform
u	PHOTO	Photograph of 4 members of 488(NZ) Squadron A Flight in Dispersal hut
v	PHOTO	2 Small photos of Cine Gun Exposures – 1 of de Havilland Mosquito & 1 of USAF Boeing Fortress
w	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – de Havilland mosquito NF Mk II
x	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – Airspeed Oxford
y	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – de Havilland mosquito NF Mk II
z	PHOTO	Small photograph of a Ju 88 that crash landed at RAF Bradwell Bay
aa	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – Miles Magister
ab	RAF FORM	Diagram showing key to positions of fuses (de Havilland Mosquito NF?)
ac	MAP	Flying map extract showing AJB’s Patrol Lines & Observations on D Day
ad	POSTCARD	Various contemporary postcards of Normandy & Cherbourg
ae	NEWS ARTICLE	“Fighting in the Dark” Newspaper article dated 12/x/44
af	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – Handley Page Halifax Mk.III
ag	NEWS ARTICLE	Article from the Daily Telegraph dated 16/x/44
ah	NEWS ARTICLE	Article from NZ News dated 10/x/44
ai	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – Percival Proctor
aj	PHOTO	Large (7″ x 11″) Photograph – Official portrait of Jack Scott
21	MAP	RAF Flying Map – England (NE)
22	MAP	RAF Flying Map – England (Eastern Counties, North)
23	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Bordeaux
24	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Dijon
25	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Brest
26	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Paris
27	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Orkneys & Shetland
28	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Nantes
29	MAP	RAF Flying Map – England South
30	MAP	RAF Flying Map – the Highlands
31	MAP	RAF Flying Map – South Wales
32	MAP	RAF Flying Map – North Sea
33	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Strasbourg
34	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Lyon
35	MAP	RAF Flying Map – The Border
36	MAP	RAF Flying Map – North Scotland
37	MAP	RAF Flying Map – East Anglia
38	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Le Havre
39	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Strait of Dover
40	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Midlands & Wales
41	MAP	RAF Flying Map – Cherbourg & Caen