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| Name: |
George Ai Brooke |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
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20, 45, 55 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Cleckheaton, Yorkshire |
| Died: |
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| Place of Death: |
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George Ai Brooke was posted to 45 Squadron as an observer in the summer of 1917. He scored 4 victories with this unit flying the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. Shot up by Max von Müller on 28 July 1917, he and pilot Matthew Frew succeeded in returning to their aerodrome before crashing. Posted to 20 Squadron, Brooke scored one more victory flying the F.E.2d and two more victories flying the Bristol F.2b. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
16 Jul 1917 |
0910 |
45 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1020) 1 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Polygon Wood |
| 2 |
28 Jul 1917 |
1700 |
45 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A8228) 1 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
S of Comines |
| 3 |
10 Aug 1917 |
1830 |
45 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1013) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Comines |
| 4 |
23 Aug 1917 |
0915 |
45 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1048) 2 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Lake Bellewarde |
| 5 |
11 Sep 1917 |
1430 |
20 |
F.E.2d (A6458) 3 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
N of Wervicq |
| 6 |
08 Nov 1917 |
1300 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (A7193) 4 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Staden |
| 7 |
22 Dec 1917 |
1415 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (A7255) 5 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Moorslede |
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| 1 |
Pilot Matthew Frew |
| 2 |
Pilot Edward Clarke |
| 3 |
Pilot Arthur Taylor |
| 4 |
Pilot Lt J Kirkpatrick |
| 5 |
Pilot Reginald Makepeace |
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