EDWIN HERBERT F/O(P) J5329 D.F.C. From Valois, Quebec. Killed Oct 31/42 age 24. #126 Squadron (Foremost In Attack). Liberator aircraft crashed. Please see Davey R.H. for casualty list and flight detail. F/O Glazebrook was an ace and was on his way to the United Kingdom from Malta. Flying Officer Pilot Glazebrook has no known grave, his name is inscibed on the Gibraltar War Memorial, Gibraltar. Addendum: - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.229 Squadron - Award effective 22 October 1942 as per London Gazette dated 3 November 1942 and AFRO 1962/42 dated 4 December 1942. Born in Outremont, Quebec, 18 August 1918; enlisted in Montreal, 7 October 1940. Trained at No.2 ITS (graduated 2 January 1941), No.12 EFTS (graduated 24 February 1941), and No.1 SFFS (graduated 16 May 1941. LAC, 2 January 1941; Sergeant, 16 May 1941; P/O, 17 May 1941; F/O, 17 May 1942; F/L. 30 August 1942. Served in Malta; killed in flying accident (Liberator crash at Gibraltar), 31 October 1942. The citation reads - "This officer has participated in many sorties over Sicily. In the heavy fighting over Malta he has taken part in many interceptions and his flight has destroyed twelve enemy aircraft. By his skillful and courageous leadership Flight Lieutenant Glazebrook played a large part in the successes obtained." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.

HARRY F/O(P) J15588. From Victoria, British Columbia. Killed Dec 31/42 age 28. #409 Nighthawk Squadron (Media Nox Meridies Noster). Two Beaufighter aircraft collided. Please see Hare H. for casualty list and flight detail. Flying Officer Pilot Brooks is buried in the Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Lincolnshire, England.

JOHN PHILLIP P/O(N) J87931//R167026. From Toronto, Ontario. Killed in Action Mar 16/44 age 22. #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire). Target - Stuttgart, Germany. Please see Simard A.G. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Navigator Brooks is buried in the War Cemetery at Durnbach, Germany.

LLOYD WILLIAM F/O(P) C2649. From Saanichton, British Columbia. Killed Sep 21/41 age 22. #7 Service Flying Training School, McLeod, Alberta. Anson aircraft crashed. Please see Wortley D.B. for casualty list and flight detail. Flying Officer Pilot Brooks is buried in a grave on a mountain top eight miles north-west of Yale, British Columbia. His name is also inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.

REGINALD MAURICE F/O(P) J15294. From Moncton, New Brunswick. Killed Apr 27/44 age 23. #1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville, Quebec. F/O Brooks was killed when Hurricane aircraft #5701 crashed at Kentville, Nova Scotia. Suspected mid-air collision with Hurricane aircraft #5736 flown by Sgt KG. Harvey (RAF) who was also killed. Flying Officer Pilot Brooks is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick.

RONALD CHARLES FS(WAG) R82990. From Westboro, Ontario. Killed Feb 9/43 age 23. RAF Ferry Command. Hudson aircraft, from Dorval, Quebec, crashed on White Face Mountain, Wilmington, New York, U.S.A. Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner Brooks is buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.

WILFRED HENRY F/O(BA) J43608//R87313. From Edmonton, Alberta. Killed in Action Mar 23/45 age 21. #101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem). Lancaster aircraft #LL 755 lost from a trip to Bremen, Germany. F/Os J.G. Lee, R.R. Little, Sgts T. Churchill (RAF), P.S. Nelson (RAF), H. Woodwards (RAF), and FS A.J. Clifton (RAF) were also killed. Flying Officer Bomb Aimer Brooks is buried in the Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Land Niedersachsen, Germany.

FRANCIS CONN P/O(WAG) J15849//R61816. From Tecumseh, Ontario. Killed in Action Oct 31/41 age 25. #76 Squadron (Resolute). Halifax aircraft missing. Please see Johnson J.R. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Brooks has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England.

MARK DAVID WILLIS WO2(N) R92131. From Vancouver, British Columbia. Killed in Action Feb 26/43 age 27. #83 Squadron (Strike To Defend), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft #W 4846 did not return from night operations. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Warrant Officer Class II Navigator Hambrook has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England.

HERBERT EDWARD F/O(P) J20023. From Westmount, Quebec. Killed in Action Jun 12/43 age 24. #412 Falcon Squadron (Promtus Ad Vindictum). F/O Holbrook was on a shipping reconnaissance in Spitfire aircraft #EE 720 when he was shot down by an enemy FW-190 fighter aircraft. He was too low to bail out and was killed when the Spitfire crashed in the sea about twenty miles northwest of lie de Batz, France. Flying Officer Pilot Holbrook has no known grave, his name is in.,scribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England.

MALCOLM THOMAS F/O(BA) J28965. From Kitscoty, Alberta. Killed May 2/44 age 28. #1659 Conversion Unit, RCAF Station, Topcliffe, Yorkshire. Halifax aircraft #BB 247 stalled at 200 feet and crashed after making a steep climb at take-off from the airfield at Topcliffe. F/Os J.L. McKinnon, W.A. Pope, Sgts E.J. Donnelly, H.R. Davies, H. Astrand, and one of the crew, not Canadian, were also killed. Flying Officer Bomb Aimer Seabrook is buried in the Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Addendum: - The non-Canadian killed was Sgt. D.W.M. Giles (RAF). Detail provided by David E. Thompson, Middlesborough, England.

STANLEY GORDON SGT(WAG) R64386. From Galt, Ontario. Killed in Action Oct 22/41 age 23. #99 Squadron (Quisque Tenax). Wellington aircraft #W 5454 failed to return from bombing operations. Four of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner Westbrooke has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England.

K. R70530. WO. Westbrook was from Rouleau, not Roulcay. Detail provided by A. E. Barnard, Burlington, On.

E. H. J5329. - GLAZEBROOK, F/L Edwin Herbert (J5329) -Distinguished Flying Cross - No.229 Squadron - Award effective 22 October 1942 as per London Gazette dated 3 November 1942 and AFRO 1962/42 dated 4 December 1942. Born in Outremont, Quebec, 18 August 1918; enlisted in Montreal, 7 October 1940. Trained at No.2 ITS (graduated 2 January 1941), No.12 EFTS (graduated 24 February 1941), and No.1 SITS (graduated 16 May 1941. LAC, 2 January 1941; Sergeant, 16 May 1941; P/O, 17 May 1941; F/O, 17 May 1942; F/L 30 August 1942. Served in Malta; killed in flying accident (Liberator crash at Gibraltar), 31 October 1942. The citation reads - "This officer has participated in many sorties over Sicily. In the heavy fighting over Malta be has taken part in many interceptions and his flight has destroyed twelve enemy aircraft. By his skillful and courageous leadership Flight Lieutenant Glazebrook played a large part in the successes obtained." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.

ERNEST ROSS P/O(P) C11768. From Belleville, Ontario. Killed Jul 7/42 age 28. #13 Operational Training Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia. Hudson aircraft #765 crashed. Please see MacLachlan R.B. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Pilot Brooks is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery at Vancouver, British Columbia.

ALFRED P/O(AG) J19860//R89617. From Outremont, Quebec. Killed in Action Jan 27/44 age 35. #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire). Lancaster aircraft #DS 775 was shot down by flak during a night trip to Berlin, Germany L F/L A.T. Martens (RAF), Sgts R.S. Chesters (RAF), W. Lawson (RAF), W.L. Pritchard (RAF), and P/O D.L. Huband (RAF), were also killed. One Canadian, WO Houston, was taken Prisoner of War. Pilot Officer Air Gunner Brooks is buried in the Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany.

THOMAS ROBERT LAC R108021 - fitter. From Montreal, Quebec. Killed in Action Jun 1/43 age 32. #420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnamus Finitunri). Wellington aircraft missing. Please see Sodero A. for casualty list and flight detail. Leading AirCraftman Brookes has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England.

STANLEY FREDERICK P/O(P) 107452 - Royal Air Force. From Regina, Saskatchewan. Killed in Action Apr 21/42 age 25. #126 Squadron (Foremost In Attack). P/O Brooker flew a #601 Sqdn. Spitfire aircraft off the U.S.S. Carrier Wasp on Apr 20 and was shot down the next day off Malta. P/O Brooker bailed out but was shot by the pilot of an enemy ME-109 fighter aircraft. Pilot Officer Pilot Brooker has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Malta War Memorial, Malta.

BROOK, F/L Robert (RAF 174668) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.405 Squadron - awarded as per London Gazette dated 12 February 1946 (but with effect from 15 September 1944). Killed in action 16 September 1944. Air Ministry Bulletin 20890/AL.1116 refers but with no career details. Acting Flight Lieutenant Brook, as navigator has completed numerous operations against the enemy, in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty. NOTE: Public Record Office Air 2/9053 has correspondence indicating that his father was Mr. Henry Jeszuryn, residing at No.47, rue de Recollets, Valenciennes, France. At the time of his death he had not head from them since the German occupation of southern France, but they were indeed still alive and residing there as of 11 February 1946.

BROOKS, F/L Alan Francis (C13577) - Mention in Despatches - Linton-on-Ouse - Award effective 1 January 1945 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 337/45 dated 23 February 1945. Unit in AFRO given as "No.6 Group" but DHist file 181.009 D.1658 (RG.24 Vol.20605) identifies unit more closely. Name also rendered as “Allan Francis Brooks”. Born 20 August 1917. Home in Hampstead, Quebec; enlisted Montreal 19 May 1938 as Armourer Assistant. With No.115 (Fighter) Squadron as of 19 May 1938. Promoted AC1, 19 May 1939. To Trenton, 13 February 1940. Promoted LAC, 4 May 1940. Promoted Corporal, 12 August 1940. To No.9 SFTS, 28 December 1940. Promoted Sergeant, 15 February 1941. To No.8 AOS, 21 February 1942. Promoted Flight Sergeant, 1 March 1942. Commissioned 4 September 1942. To eastern Air Command, 2 October 1942. Promoted Flying Officer, 4 March 1943. Promoted Flight Lieutenant, 1 October 1943. To “Y” Depot, 13 March 1944. Taken on strength of No.3 PRC, Bournemoth, 20 March 1944. Repatriated 23 August 1945. Retired 17 October 1945. When recommended (August 1944) he had spent 71 months in Canada, four months in UK. Recommendation as follows: This officer has shown himself an outstanding Armament Officer. In the training and supervision of his staff, along with the organization of his section, he has displayed exceptional qualities of devotion, ability and leadership. Since the invasion of Normandy, when maximum efforts were called, this officer extended his efforts to his physical maximum. By his ability, cheerfulness and loyalty he has made a most commendable contribution to our operational efforts. He is strongly recommended for mention in despatches. RCAF Press Release No. 547 dated 4 August 1945 by F/O J.C. Birt read as follows: WITH REAR HEADQUARTERS, CANADIAN BOMBER GROUP IN BRITAIN: - Armament men of the Canadian Bomber Group stations in Britain are completing their biggest disposal job of the war, and as a result thousands of tons of bombs, once labelled “For Hitler”, are now on their way “To Hirohito”. In May, when VE-day arrived, bomb dumps of the seven Canadian operational bomber stations were stacked to capacity with roughly 20,000 tons of heavy explosives and incendiary bombs. To return the stations to peacetime conditions, the group had to transport or dispose of 14,000 tons and according to F/L Alan Brooks of Montreal (25 Finchley Road, Hampstead) Quebec, Group Armament Officer, the work has almost been completed. “When the war ended, the 20,000 tons on hand were enough for two months’ operations, or roughly for five 1,000-bomber raids, which could have blown several German cities sky high,” F/L Brooks said, “We had a big stock because, although the operations slowed down at the end for lack of targets, the Lancs could get rid of the bombs twice as fast as we could haul them in, and we had to be ready in case large amounts were needed”. “On the bomb dumps were 2,500 tons of incendiaries which had been opened ready to be loaded into aircraft. These were not worth the effort of the slow and complicated process of re-packing, because newer and more powerful types are available for use against Japan. Instead, they have been jettisoned in the North Sea and now lie fathoms deep in Davy Jones’ locker,” Brooks explained. Disposal of the incendiaries was assigned to the aircraft of the Lion (427) Bison (429) Tiger (424) and Porcupine (433) squadrons. They flew 80 sorties a day – two trips each for 40 planes – and the aircrews were briefed as under operational conditions. Each plane carried the comfortable load of 7,000 pounds per trip. The incendiaries were released in a jettison area far out in the North Sea by agreement with the British Admiralty and Ministry of Fisheries. The incendiaries just drop into the sea and won’t float, but sink at once to the bottom. Many deteriorate so quickly in the water that they are useless in a few hours. The rest will be absolutely no good within a month. There’s no danger that any of them could drift to land.” The bulk of the surplus explosives included 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 pound bombs which could be prepared for shipment to Japan or elsewhere. Civilians of the aeronautical Inspection Directorate were attached to each station immediately after VE-day and carried out an inspection of all the stores to be returned. “Each bomb had to be checked to be sure it had no fuse or detonator attached. F/L Brooks said, “and each truck in the transport move had to be certified safe for travelling along the English roads.” “We moved out a shipment of bombs one day and the next they were trans-shipped to the Pacific,” F/L Brooks pointed out. “The armorers left behind to do the job were hardened veterans from the bombing offensive days, when they often worked 24 hours at a stretch under bad weather conditions. On this disposal assignment they worked 10 hours a day and deserve a lot of credit.” “There was nothing easy about this for the men on the dumps”, he continued. “The staffs had been reduced by postings; trucks had been sent to East Asia Command; other equipment had been packed. But the men knew the sooner they got their job done, the sooner they would be available for repatriation and head for home.” F/L R.F. Hanna of Edmonton (11148 – 85th Avenue) coordinated the work at Leeming and Skipton stations which finished first because aircraft were available there . Ground crews were flown up to assist F/L S.A. Moore of Niagara Falls (Stamford Centre), Ontario, at the “ghost stations” of Middleton St George and Croft, where the disposal has just been completed. Similar assistance is being given F/L L.C. Cassady of Paris, Ontario, who is in charge of the work at Linton, Thelthorpe and East Moor, where only a small amount remains to complete the job on schedule by August 15. All surplus pyrotechnics, such as photo flashes used in reconnaissance, and signal cartridges, as well as hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition were included in the disposal.