Brook, Hubert Charles Gerard
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Hubert Charles Gerard |
Surname | Brook |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Oscar Lenard Leopold and Edith Emily Brook, of Coventry. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Boeing Fortress I |
Serial Number | AN534 |
Markings | WP- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Stivichall (St. James) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row H. Grave 20. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 741669 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 90 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Botolph's Church, Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque and Memorial Display |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of Boeing Fortress I AN534, XC Sqn RAF (Polebrook) who died near this place 28th July 1941 |
Location | Roadside location, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of XC Sqn, No 3 Bomb Group flying operations from here with the Mk 1 Stirling Bomber December 1943 until May 1943 |
Location | St. Mary & All the Saints Church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of Henry Philip Lee Warner AFC DFC. Only Son of Philip Henry & Mary King Lee Warner. Actg S/L RAFVR killed in action over Germany Aug 26th 1944 in his 32nd year |
Location | Village Green, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial atopped with Inscribed Silver Sun-Dial |
Memorial Text | For all those who served their country as part of XC Sqn RAF |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Sqn Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | They grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning, we will remember them |
Miscellaneous Information
The Coventry Standard reported his death on 2 August 1941: ‘Coventry Pilot Killed’ with the article stating ‘Sergeant Pilot Hubert Charles Brook, the 25 year old airman who last Autumn had a narrow escape from death when his bomber came down in the sea and he hung on for twelve hours in a damaged dinghy, was killed on active service on Monday night. He had a highly successful career with the RAF which he joined as a volunteer reserve 18 months before the war while engaged as an engineer at a local factory. He was educated at Centaur Road and Broadway Schools and Coventry Technical College and was an enthusiastic rugby footballer and boxer.’ The sub-heading described his narrow escape: ‘It was during his 13th raid on Germany and his first on Berlin that his plane was struck by a shell splinter as it dived through an AA barrage to straddle a blazing gas works. With petrol running out the blazing bomber came down 120 miles from home shore in rough sea. Brook and other members of the crew hung on grimly for 12 hours before being picked up exhausted by a rescue launch.’ |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1941 |
End Date | 28-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Polebrook |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Air Test |
Reason for Loss | Crashed following severe turbulence at high altitude, leading to structural failure of the starboard wing |