6 (C) OTU's Lockheed Hudson V (#AM804) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off for a training flight; AM804 crashed into the sea about a mile way from Redcar, North Yorkshire, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAF Pilot Officer John Hosken BRAYBROOKS,
RCAF Pilot Officer Floyd Bryson COBB,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Jack Robert DICKERSON,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis Joseph KRAPEK,
RCAF Sergeant Francis Hugh McMULLIN and
RCAF Sergeant William Archibald WALKER.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 45618
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
Honours/Awards: Mentioned in Despatches (Mid)
Son of Thomas Pashler Braybrooks and Hettie Margaret Braybrooks; husband of Mary Elizabeth Braybrooks of Brundall Halt; his brother, Pilot Officer Sidney Charles BRAYBROOKS, also served and fell during the Second World War [Sidney is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in St. Laurence's Churchyard in Brundall. ]
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
6 (C) OTU's Lockheed Hudson V (#AM804) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off for a training flight; AM804 crashed into the sea about a mile way from Redcar, North Yorkshire, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAF Pilot Officer John Hosken BRAYBROOKS,
RCAF Pilot Officer Floyd Bryson COBB,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Jack Robert DICKERSON,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Louis Joseph KRAPEK,
RCAF Sergeant Francis Hugh McMULLIN and
RCAF Sergeant William Archibald WALKER.
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: 45618
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
Honours/Awards: Mentioned in Despatches (Mid)
Son of Thomas Pashler Braybrooks and Hettie Margaret Braybrooks; husband of Mary Elizabeth Braybrooks of Brundall Halt; his brother, Pilot Officer Sidney Charles BRAYBROOKS, also served and fell during the Second World War [Sidney is also remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in St. Laurence's Churchyard in Brundall. ]
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
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Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995
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UK, London Gazettes World War II Military Notices, 1939-1945
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