Flight Lieutenant William Booth Brooks (1919-1945)

Flight Lieutenant William Booth Brooks

Birth

29 Oct 1919

County Dublin, Ireland

Death

7 Feb 1945 (aged 25)

Antwerp, Belgium

Monument

Runnymede Memorial

Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England Add to Map

Plot

Panel 265.

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134120 Flight Lieutenant William Booth Brooks
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
64 Squadron

Aged 25.
Son of John Brooks and Josephine Margaret (née McKeever) Brooks, of Templeogue, Co. Dublin.

64 Squadron flew Spitfires and Mustangs as fighter support for long-range bombers enroute to German targets.

His plane malfunctioned when over Antwerp, and he was seen to descend apparently in control.
He is presumed to have crashed and died, since his body was never recovered.

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