Brooks, Cyril
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Cyril |
Surname | Brooks |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ellen Dorcas Brooks, of Leeds, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | RF182 |
Markings | PH-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. Z. 11. |
Epitaph | NO PATH THROUGH LIFE SO TANGLED THAT DOES NOT HOLD A DREAM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1591223 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-04-1945 |
End Date | 05-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Lutzkendorf |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 20:54 on 4 Apr 1945 from Wickenby to bomb the oil refinery in Lützkendorf. Crashed near the small town of Braunsbedra approximately 10 km SW of Merseburg |