Brooker, Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ronald |
Surname | Brooker |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horace and Lilian Brooker. Husband of Frances Betty Brooker (Nee Shelton), of Shepherds Bush, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7850 |
Markings | PM-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. C. 2. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVED IS NOT TO DIE |
Ribbon Stone | 0695 (Block 8, Column 18, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 922945 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/814/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/814/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-10-1942 |
End Date | 16-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (39% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in vicinity of Monchengladbach. |