Brookes, George Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | George Henry |
Surname | Brookes |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-02-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington lll |
Serial Number | LA837 |
Markings | F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Burton-Upon-Trent Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Cons. Sec. Grave 11534. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 416083 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 11 OTU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-01-1943 |
End Date | 31-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Kinloss |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training - Cross Country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Kinloss at 1035 hrs for a Cross Country Flight . Late in the afternoon , while receiving homing advice from direction finding stations, all contact ceased at around 1700 hrs . It was later established that the aircraft had flown into high ground 2000 ft above sea level in the hills of Cromdale, near Grantown on Spey |