The story
Name: H J BROOKS
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86817
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Puncher
Date of death: 1945-02-22
Aircraft: Barracuda II MD 846
Place of death: Haugesund Fjord, Norway
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HAUGESUND (ROSSEBO) VAR FRELSERS CEMETERY
Commemoration details: British Plot H, Grave 18
Family details: Son of Percy and Dorothy Evelyn Brooks, of Gorton, Manchester
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86817
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Puncher
Date of death: 1945-02-22
Aircraft: Barracuda II MD 846
Place of death: Haugesund Fjord, Norway
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HAUGESUND (ROSSEBO) VAR FRELSERS CEMETERY
Commemoration details: British Plot H, Grave 18
Family details: Son of Percy and Dorothy Evelyn Brooks, of Gorton, Manchester
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