Brooks, Edward Owen Died

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Personal Information

Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Edward Owen
Surname Brooks
Gender M
Age 19
Date of Death 08-11-1941
Next of Kin Son of Edward and Amy Isabel Brooks, of Kettering, Northamptonshire.
BROOKS EO

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Short Stirling I
Serial Number N6091
Markings MG-K

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 12.
Epitaph WE THANK OUR GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 136
BROOKS EO

Location

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Panel 136
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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 136

Enlistment Information

Service Number 1380784
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 7
Squadron Motto Per diem per noctem (By day and by night)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Other Memorials

Location Helkelingsweg, Spiijkenisse, Zuid Holland Province
Country the Netherlands
Memorial Type Propeller unit, painted brick flooring and stencilled composite information board
Memorial Text Het 'RAF-monument' in Spijkenisse (gemente Nissewaard) is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan de zeven omgekomen bemanningsleden van de Short Stirling bommenwerper die in de nacht van 7 op 8 Nnovember 1941 bij Hekelingen is neergestort. In november 1941 zette de RAF 400 bommenwerpers in voor een missie naar het vasteland. Te midden van deze groep vliegtuigen bevond zich ook een Short Stirling bommenwerper. Het was de N6091 van de 7th Sqn RAF Bomber Command, gestationeerd op de basis Oakington, onder bevel van captain Sgt. J.W.C. Morris. Het weer was slecht en veel toestellen begonnen problemen te krijgen met hun brandstofvoorraad. Die nacht verloor de RAF 37 vlegtuigen. waarvan de meeste door brandstofgebrek. De Stirling bommenwerper van captain sgt. J.W.C. Morris verongelukte echter door en andere oorzaak. Dit toestel werd om circa 1 ur in de nacht getroiten door luchtafweergeschut van de Duitse Flakgruppe Rotterdam
Translation "The 'RAF monument' in Spijkenisse (municipality of Nissewaard) was erected in memory of the seven deceased crew members of the Short Stirling bomber that crashed near Hekelingen on the night of 7 to 8 November 1941. In November 1941 the RAF deployed 400 bombers for a mission to the mainland. Among this group of aircraft was also a Short Stirling bomber. It was N6091 of 7 Sqn RAF Bomber Command, based at Oakington base, commanded by Captain Sgt. J.W.C. Morris. The weather was bad and many aircraft began to have problems with their fuel supply. That night the RAF lost 37 aircraft. most of which due to lack of fuel. The Stirling bomber of Captain Sgt. J.W.C. However, Morris died in an accident due to a different cause. This aircraft was destroyed at approximately 1 hours into the night Anti-Aircraft guns of the German Flakgruppe Rotterdam"
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

Casualty Pack Number Find Out More

AIR 81/10157 (P363609/41)

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/98/20
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/98/20

Fellow Servicemen

Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.

Name Outcome
Chesman G H (F/S) Died
Jacobs M S (Sgt) Died
Johnstone P (Sgt) Died
Morris J W C (Sgt) Died
Wallwork B (Sgt) Died
Walton C (Sgt) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 07-11-1941
End Date 08-11-1941
Takeoff Station Oakington
Day/Night Raid Night (87% moon)
Operation Berlin- industrial, railway and utility targets hit. Last raid on Berlin for more than a year
Reason for Aircraft Loss Shot down by flak and crashed between Hekelingen and Spijkeniesse, near Rotterdam
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IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

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