Hugh Hamilton Brookes

Air vice-marshal Hugh Hamilton Brookes CB, CBE, DFC (14 October 1904 – 16 March 1988) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Hugh Hamilton Brookes
Born(1904-10-14)14 October 1904
Died16 March 1988(1988-03-16) (aged 83)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1922–1958
RankAir vice-marshal
Commands heldNo. 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)
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in dispatches (2)

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 World War II, 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.[1]

Brookes retired from the Royal Air Force on 10 November 1958.[2] He died on 16 March 1988.

References

  1. Who's Who
  2. "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). 25 November 1958. p. 7200.
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