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Captain Eric Guy Brookes was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Brookes was a Sopwith Camel pilot with 65 Squadron. He garnered four victories between 25 May and 2 July 1918. By the beginning of August, he was an acting captain, and on the 3rd was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. Midday on 8 August, he, Lieutenant Joseph Leonard Maries White, and three other pilots managed to force down two German Fokker D.VII fighters behind Allied lines, where they were captured. Brookes did not return from a later mission that day.

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  • Eric Brookes
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  • Captain Eric Guy Brookes was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Brookes was a Sopwith Camel pilot with 65 Squadron. He garnered four victories between 25 May and 2 July 1918. By the beginning of August, he was an acting captain, and on the 3rd was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. Midday on 8 August, he, Lieutenant Joseph Leonard Maries White, and three other pilots managed to force down two German Fokker D.VII fighters behind Allied lines, where they were captured. Brookes did not return from a later mission that day.
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Birth Date
  • 1894(xsd:integer)
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  • Aviation
death place
  • Vicinity of Harbonierres
Name
  • Eric Guy Brookes
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Birth Place
  • Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Awards
death date
  • 1918-08-08(xsd:date)
Rank
  • Captain
Allegiance
  • England
placeofburial
  • Harbonnieres, Somme, France
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  • Captain Eric Guy Brookes was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Brookes was a Sopwith Camel pilot with 65 Squadron. He garnered four victories between 25 May and 2 July 1918. By the beginning of August, he was an acting captain, and on the 3rd was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross. Midday on 8 August, he, Lieutenant Joseph Leonard Maries White, and three other pilots managed to force down two German Fokker D.VII fighters behind Allied lines, where they were captured. Brookes did not return from a later mission that day.
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