Toronto, Ontario
Brooks was posted to 65 Sqn in August, 1918, flying the single seat BE12. He was shot down on 1918-09-28, but managed a soft (survivable) landing in Belgium. He subsequently died of his wounds on 1918-10-09.
Brooks, Walter James (Lieutenant)
Killed in Action 1918-September-28
Birth Date: 1893-March-13
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Parents: Walter Francis Brooks & Mary Frances Gloster
Spouse: unmarried
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
65 (F) Sqn- Squadron
Base
France
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
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B.E.12 6661
B.E.12 serial:
Photo of prototype B.E.12 in RFC service markings taken in 1915/16.
Unknown, probably either a service member of the RFC or an employee of the Royal Aircraft Factory. - Published in : Cheesman, E.F. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War, Harleyford, 1960 - and several times before and since that date.
Unknown, probably either a service member of the RFC or an employee of the Royal Aircraft Factory. - Published in : Cheesman, E.F. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War, Harleyford, 1960 - and several times before and since that date.
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 was a British single-seat aeroplane of The First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. It was essentially a single-seat version of the B.E.2.
Intended for use as a long-range reconnaissance and bombing aircraft, the B.E.12 was pressed into service as a fighter, in which role it proved disastrously inadequate, mainly due to its very poor manoeuvrability. Wikipedia
Wikipedia Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12
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