Rank
Flying Officer (Air bomber) 151987
Regiment
RAFVR
Born
Brentford, Middlesex 1908
Death
31st May 1944
Circumstances of death
Killed in flying accident when Short Stirling III serial number LK517 of 1654 Conversion Unit broke up in the air following loss of control by the pilot and crashed at West Thickley Farm between Shildon and Middridge, 2 miles west of Aycliffe. It was considered that the tail assembly had been put under excessive strain and this led to the eventual structural failure.
Age
36
Burial
Manchester Crematorium Panel 9
Parents
Frederick Gordon Brooks and Lilias Henderson Brooks
Spouse
Lucy (Lulu) Brooks of Salford
Glasgow Necropolis
Compartment
Sextus Lair 252-253
Other Memorials
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Family Search
Scotlands People
Rank
Flying Officer (Air bomber) 151987
Regiment
RAFVR
Born
Brentford, Middlesex 1908
Death
31st May 1944
Circumstances of Death
Killed in flying accident when Short Stirling III serial number LK517 of 1654 Conversion Unit broke up in the air following loss of control by the pilot and crashed at West Thickley Farm between Shildon and Middridge, 2 miles west of Aycliffe. It was considered that the tail assembly had been put under excessive strain and this led to the eventual structural failure.
Age
36
Burial
Manchester Crematorium Panel 9
Parents
Frederick Gordon Brooks and Lilias Henderson Brooks
Spouse
Lucy (Lulu) Brooks of Salford
Glasgow Necropolis
Compartment
Sextus Lair 252-253
Other Memorials
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Family Search
Scotlands People
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
