Allegiance United Kingdom Name Hugh Brookes Service/branch Royal Air Force Died March 16, 1988 | Years of service 1922–1958 Battles and wars World War II Battles/wars Second World War Rank Air vice-marshal | |
Born 14 October 1904 ( 1904-10-14 ) Commands held No. 25 Group (1956–58)
AHQ Iraq (1954–56)
Rhodesian Air Training Group (1951–53)
RAF Swinderby (1948–49)
RAF Breighton (1943–46)
No. 298 Wing (1942–43)
No. 39 Squadron (1939–40) Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (2) | ||
Air Vice Marshal Hugh Hamilton Brookes (14 October 1904 – 16 March 1988) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.
Biography
Born on 14 October 1904, Hugh Hamilton Brookes was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. After serving in Iraq, the Western Desert, Aden and with Bomber Command during the Second World War, he was appointed as Air Officer Commanding Rhodesia from 1951 to 1954, Air Officer Commanding Iraq from 1954 to 1956, and Air Officer Commanding No. 25 Group from 1956 to 1958.
Brookes retired from the Royal Air Force on 10 November 1958. He died on 16 March 1988.
References
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