Brooks, Francis Conn (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1941-October-31

Pilot Officer Francis Conn Brooks RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-September-19

Born: High River, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada

Parents: Son of James Edwin and Ida May Brooks

Spouse:

Home: Tecumseh, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Middleton-St-George

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/15849
Prev: R/61816

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.I L9602

Bombing Dunkerque France 1941-October-30 to 1941-October-31

76 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Middleton St George

#76 Squadron RAF (Resolute) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax aircraft L 9602 MP-N failed to return from a bombing operation over Dunkerque, France, lost without a trace

Pilot Officer FC Brooks (RCAF), Sergeant JR Johnson (RCAF) (Jamaica), FS CS O'Brien (RCAF), Pilot Officer NF McLean (RNZAF), FS J Flannigan (RAFVR), Sergeant J Mycock (RAFVR) and Sergeant CE Wood (RAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action

The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Unvetted Source Halifax I L9602 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...