Charles Harry Brooks’ Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
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Charles Harry Brooks’ Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
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Charles Harry Brooks’ Royal Air Flying Log Book from 15th February 1941 until 20th December 1942. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner.
Trained at No. 2 Electronic and Wireless School, No. 10 Air Observers School, 20 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting in May 1942 to 9 Squadron.
Killed when his aircraft collided with another on 20th December 1942.
Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Dumfries, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Honington, RAF Waddington.
Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Whitley, Wellington, Anson, Manchester, Lancaster.
Brooks flew 25 minelaying and bombing operations (2 day and 23 night) with 9 Squadron. His targets were Dieppe, Essen, Bremen, Emden, Frisian Islands, Saint-Nazaire, Wismar, Krefeld, Kiel, Cologne, Le Creusot, Genoa, Milan, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Quakenbruck.
His pilots were Sergeants White and Hazell.
Trained at No. 2 Electronic and Wireless School, No. 10 Air Observers School, 20 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting in May 1942 to 9 Squadron.
Killed when his aircraft collided with another on 20th December 1942.
Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Dumfries, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Honington, RAF Waddington.
Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Whitley, Wellington, Anson, Manchester, Lancaster.
Brooks flew 25 minelaying and bombing operations (2 day and 23 night) with 9 Squadron. His targets were Dieppe, Essen, Bremen, Emden, Frisian Islands, Saint-Nazaire, Wismar, Krefeld, Kiel, Cologne, Le Creusot, Genoa, Milan, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Quakenbruck.
His pilots were Sergeants White and Hazell.
No better quality copies are available.
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Multi-page printed book with handwritten entries
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SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v010002
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Charles Harry Brooks’ Royal Air Force Flying Log Book,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 11, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/52893.