Hugh Hamilton Brookes
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 10 March 1953
NPG x86504
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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air
Vice Marshal H H Brookes
Hugh Hamilton
b: 14 Oct 1904 r:
10 Nov 1958
d: 16 Mar 1988
CB - 10 Jun 1954, CBE - 7 Jun 1951, DFC - 8 Dec 1944, MiD - 6 May 1932, MiD - 24 Sep 1941.
Plt Off: 31 Jul 1924, Fg Off: 31 Jan 1926, Flt Lt: 8 Jan 1930, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1936, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Dec 1941, Wg Cdr: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Jan 1940], Gp Capt: 1 Oct 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1949, AVM: 1 Jan 1953.
Hugh Hamilton Brookes
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 10 March 1953
NPG x86504
15 Sep 1922: Flight Cadet, ' B' Sqn, RAF College. (Flt Cdt Cpl – Cricket, Rugby)
31 Jul 1924: Pilot, No 58 Sqn.
26 Sep 1927: Pilot, No 22 Sqn.
3 Sep 1929: Officer, No 2 Armoured Car Company.
14 Feb 1930: Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, HQ Iraq Command.
5 Oct 1930: Flight Commander, No 84 Sqn. (arrived 27 Oct 1930)
11 Nov 1931: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
12 Feb 1932: 'B' Flight Commander, No 29 Sqn.
7 Mar 1932: 'C' Flight Commander, No 29 Sqn.
23 Jan 1933: Attended RAF Staff College.
22 Dec 1933: Air Staff, HQ Coastal Area.
9 Mar 1935: GSO III, HQ Scottish Command.
9 Mar 1936: Staff, A. & A.E.E.
10 Mar 1937: Officer Commanding, No 114 Sqn.
15 Dec 1937: Air Staff, HQ British Forces in Iraq.
xx xxx 1939: Officer Commanding, No 39 Sqn.
xx xxx 1940: Air Staff, HQ British Forces in Aden.
21 Nov 1941: SOA, AHQ West Africa.
xx Nov 1942: Officer Commanding, No 298 Wing.
xx xxx 1943: Officer Commanding, RAF Breighton.
xx xxx 1946: Served in Iraq.
26 Jun 1947: SASO, AHQ Iraq.
xx xxx 1948: Officer Commanding, RAF Swinderby
1 Jun 1949: Director of Flying Training.
4 May 1951: AOC, Rhodesian Air Training Group.
11 Feb 1953: AOC, No 25 (Training) Group.
xx Oct 1954: AOC, AHQ Iraq.
23 Apr 1956: AOC, No 25 (Training) Group.
On being posted to command RAF Breighton, he had no experience of bomber operations but was determined to remedy this, flying as second pilot in various crews, thereby completed a full tour of operations for which he received the DFC.
This page was last updated on 15/12/23
H R M Brooke-Popham 