Warrant Officer AJ Brocklehurst (Jim) flew Hurricane Mk. IVs with No. 287 Squadron from January to December 1944 before joining No 56 Sqn to fly Tempest Mk. V.
After the war he worked for GEC as a salesman for a number of years before buying a Bed and Breakfast hotel with his wife in Broadstairs, Kent, overlooking the sea to a free Europe. He sadly past away in February 1993 aged 72.
Brocklehurst's victories in Tempest
|
Date of Claim |
Type Claimed |
Aircraft Serial No. |
Location of Claim |
Unit |
Note |
|
19 April 1945 |
Ju188 |
US-N (SN140) |
Baltic coastal area |
56 Sqn |
Destroyed on ground |
|
25 April 1945 |
1/2 Bf109 |
US-N (SN140) |
Meyenburg area |
56 Sqn | Destroyed on ground |
|
2 May 1945 |
1/2 Bv138 |
US-N (SN140) | Eutin area | 56 Sqn | |
|
3 May 1945 |
Fw190 |
US-N (SN140) | 12 m NE Lübeck | 56 Sqn |
Photos & text:
Sean Cook