1917-04-05: Brookes was wounded in BE2d, 5787; when it was hit by machine gun fire from the trenches, causing a forced landing at Duissans, during a photography mission Brookes' observer-gunner, P1581 2AM Joseph Henry Bolton (British) was killed in the action.
This injury marked the end on his WWI career.
Brookes ended as Air Vice Marshall of the RCAF in WWII.
Brookes, George Eric ()
unknown 1917-April-05
Birth Date: 1894-October-22
Born: ???, Yorkshire, England
Parents: John Brookes & Mary Baines
Spouse: Dorothy Mahon Elliot
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: enlisted RCMC, living in Owen Sound at the time
Enlistment Date: 1914-September
Service
RFC
Unit
13 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
Home
Toronto, Ontario