Brookes, Ernest Albert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Albert |
Surname | Brookes |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest and May Florence Brookes, of Loughborough, Leicestershire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | R9259 |
Markings | MG-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2. D. 1-6. |
Epitaph | YOUR LOSS LEFT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY. TO US WHO LOVED YOU YOUR MEMORY NEVER GROWS OLD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1198300 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-12-1942 |
End Date | 07-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 272 aircraft, 10 losses (3.7%). PFF did not mark the targets due to total cloud cover. Many aircraft bombed using dead-reckoning instead. Little damage. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Ofw. Fritz Schellwat and crashed at Namur, NE of Gembloux, Belgium. |