Broderick was appointed an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Corps on July 11, 1941; prior to which he was at Fort Warren, Wyoming with Mandan's Battery A 188th Field Artillery.

Primary flight training at Grider Field, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Basic flying training at Bush Field near Augusta, Georgia.

Advanced flight training receiving his silver pilot's wings and a commission as a second lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps during graduation exercises at Barksdale Field, Louisiana.

4 Feb 1943: B-17F #42-5076, shot down by AAA over Tunisia, 301st BG, 32nd BS.

Pilot: William Charles Broderick 1Lt ND (POW)

Edward McMillan Co-Pilot

Frank Kinal Bombardier

Richard Hillis Navigator

Edward Horton Eng/G

Sam Magun Rad/Opr

Edward Stokes WG

Edwin Thofern Ball Turrent

Claude McLaughlin Tail Gunner

William C Broderick