Date of death:

January 27th, 1943 (Mill, Noord-Brabant)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 4. Row: F. Grave: 1.

Service number:

657597

Nationality:

British

Sgt. John Henry Brooks
Air Gunner 51 Sqdn. RAF
Killed in action on 27-1-1943
He was Air Gunner of the Handley Page Halifax B Mk.II DT705 MH-S, which crashed on 27-1-143 near the Vorleweg At Mill. The bomber was shot down by a night fighter of I./NJG 1 of the German airbase Venlo. The target of the mission was Düsseldorf, Germany.
Also killed in action:
Flt. Sgt. F.H. Barrett, Pilot RCAF
Sgt. J.M. Iliff, Navigator/Bomber RAF
Sgt. C.M. Page, Observer RAF (VR)
The four were buried on 29-1-1943 in the garden of the parish priest of St. Petruschurch in Uden.
In September 1946 they were reburied in the Uden War Cemetery.
Survivors of the crash: P/O G.F. Farmer, Sgt. J.D. Hardie, Sgt. G.J.E. Hextell.

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