Brooks, Robert Elsmere
Killed in Flying Accident 1918-04-08
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Mrs. Margaret Brooks & the late Harry Quintus Brooks
Home: Clones, Ireland (parents)
Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec: Lt., 2nd Draft Siege & Heavy Artillery
Enlistment Date: 1917-02-23
Service
RAF
Unit
1 School of Gunnery and Aerial Fighting Ayr (OT) AFTS- Advanced Flying Training School (RFC)
Base
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
Lieutenant
Service Numbers
17987, RFC
First Burial
Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Canadian Virtual War MemorialSopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel became the most successful British fighter of the First World War. The Sopwith F.1 and 2F.1 Camel first went into operations on the Western Front in 1917 and then served in virtually every theatre of Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and Royal Air Force (RAF) service. Several Canadian aces used the Camel as their mount. The Camel was very manoeuvrable, and it could be tricky to fly in the hands of a novice pilot. For experienced pilots, however, the aircraft proved to be a superb fighter.
The Camel's machine-guns were mounted on the forward fuselage with their breeches enclosed in a faired metal cowling "hump" that gave the Camel its name. Several Camels were also shipped to Canada in the post-war period as part of an Imperial gift. Three registered Sopwith F.1 Camels entered service with the RCAF at Camp Borden in 1924. The following year, the RCAF purchased seven additional aircraft to provide further spares for the active aircraft. These latter aircraft were in fact 2F.1 models that had been "navalized" variants. Used primarily by wartime experienced fighter pilots for refresher training, the Camels lasted another five years before finally being scrapped.Wikipedia
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