Brooks, Cyril
Title
Brooks, Cyril
Description
Seven items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Cyril Brooks (1591223 Royal Air Force) and contains his diary and photographs. He was shot down an interned in Sweden in January 1944. He later flew operations as a flight engineer with 12 Squadron and was killed 4 April 1945.
The collection was donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christopher Brooks and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Additional information on Cyril Brooks is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
The collection was donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christopher Brooks and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Additional information on Cyril Brooks is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Date
2018-08-17
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Brooks, C
Collection Items
C Brook 1944 Swedish language diary
Accounts of activities including operations to Stettin where they were attacked by fighters and crashed in Sweden 5 January 1944. Daily activities in Sweden including skiing, visits by military attaché, other visits all up to 19th March. Includes…
Two servicemen on snowy road
Two men, one wearing battledress the other a leather jacket and trilby hat walking down a snow covered road through forest. On the reverse 'Love from Cyril'.
F/Sgt C Brooks grave
White grave cross for 1591223 F/Sgt C Brooks RAF 4 Apr 45'. Other graves behind.
Crashed Lancaster
View showing wreckage of rear fuselage and turret of a crashed Lancaster in a forest. Swedish Army personnel with rifle stands guard.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
Cyril Brooks
Head and shoulder portrait of an airman wearing tunic with flight engineer brevet. On the reverse 'F/Sgt C Brooks'.
Seven aircrew
Seven airman, three sitting in front, all wearing battledress with brevet. Captioned '(Back row) Sgt Brooks F/E, Sgt Butler M/G, F/O Smith NAV, Sgt Woodcherry WOP.
(Front row) P/O Wood R/G, F/O Kroeker, P/O Modeland A/B'.
(Front row) P/O Wood R/G, F/O Kroeker, P/O Modeland A/B'.
Two airmen and two women
Two airmen wearing battledress with half brevet, one with hat talking to two women in the street with another man and houses in the background. On the reverse 'Allied flyers in Swedish custody, Feminine company provides agreeable diversion. Sergeants…
Collection Tree
- Brooks, Cyril