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Title
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Brooks, William Alfred
W A Brooks
Brooks, Chunky
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-01-17
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Identifier
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Brooks, WA
Description
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37 items. The collection concerns William Alfred Brooks (b. 1922, 1318320 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron before being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war. The collections contains photographs and correspondence and his prisoner of war log. The collection also contains a photo album of military service in Singapore.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Nicol and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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[embossed crest]
No. 10 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Melbourne, Yorks.
Reference:-
10S/502/1400/P.2.
Dear Mr Brooks
It is with greatest regret that I have to confirm the sad news already contained in my telegram that your son Flight Sergeant William Alfred Brooks failed to return this morning from on operational flight over enemy territory.
The aircraft in which he was the Bomb Aimer left Base last night, and no further messages were received from it after that time.
I do not wish to raise false hopes, but there is every possibility that the crew had to abandon their aircraft and land in enemy territory, and are prisoners of war. In this event, he will, in due course, be permitted to communicate with you.
It is desired to explain that the request in the telegram notifying you of the casualty to your son was included with the object of avoiding his chance of escape being prejudiced by undue publicity in case he was still at large. This is not to say that any information about him is available, but is a precaution adopted in the case of all personnel reported missing.
May I offer you my deepest sympathy during this time of anxious waiting, and express on behalf of all the members of his Squadron the fervent hope that we may soon have good news of him.
Yours very sincerely
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined] No. 10 Squadron, R.A.F. [/underlined]
A. H. Brooks, Esq.,
49, The Drive,
North Harrow,
[underlined] Middlesex. [/underlined]
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Title
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Condolence letter
Description
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To Bill's father from OC 10 Squadron offering his condolence as Bill did not return from an op.
Format
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One page typewritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EOC10SqnBrooksAH44XXXX-01
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Yorkshire
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
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1944
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
10 Squadron
aircrew
bomb aimer
Halifax
missing in action
RAF Melbourne