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1 | Brooks | Hubert | Sgt F/Sgt WO2 WO1 P/O ------- P/O F/O F/L S/L W/C | MC MID Cross of Valour (Poland) Silver Merit Cross with Swords (Poland) | PoW - Escapee Partisan | R J ------- No. | 56265 94368 ------- ? | NAV ------- Int O | RCAF ?ITS (RCAF) 1AOS (RCAF) 1B&GS (RCAF) 1ANS (RCAF) 3PRC (RAF) 19OTU (RAF) 419Sqn (RCAF) 419Sqn (RCAF) RCAF RCAF RCAF RCAF RCAF ---------------------- MRES (RAF) RCAF Flyers RCAF 2(M)OTU (RCAF) 407Sqn (RCAF) HMCS Esquimalt (RCN) SHAPE (RCAF) 211Radar Station (RCAF) AFHQ (RCAF) RCAF | X X Anson Battle Anson X Whitley Wellington Wellington X3467 X X X X X ---------------------- X X X X X X X X X X | 14 Aug 1940 - Enlisted in the RCAF - Montreal, Quebec 1940 - ? 1940 - Malton, Ontario 25 May 1941 - Jarvis, Ontario 5 July 1941 - Rivers, Manitoba Sep 1941 - Bournemouth, UK 17 Oct 1941 - RAF Kinloss, Scotland Feb 1942 - RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk 9 Apr 1942 - Shot down by flak and a night fighter Apr 1942 - Interned at Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Germany May 1943 - Escaped captivity and joined Polish resistance Jan 1945 - Liberated by Soviet forces 19 March 1945 - Regained UK April 1945 - Repatriated to Canada ---------------------- Nov 1945 - Search Officer - Europe 1948 - Olympic Hockey Gold Medal 1949 - Intelligence Training - Ottawa & Washington 1954 - Summerside, PEI ? - Comox, British Columbia ? - RCAF Air Int O to Pacific Fleet ? - Paris, France 1965 - Commanding Officer - Moisie, Quebec 1967 - Ottawa, Ontario 4 Sep 1971 - Retired from the RCAF | (Photo: 1948 Olympic champions - RCAF Flyers hockey team) - Military Cross - No.419 Squadron - Awarded as per London Gazette of 8 October 1946. - Mention in Despatches - No.419 Squadron - Award effective 1 January 1946 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 388 dated 12 April 1946. - Cross of Valour (Poland) - Polish General Staff, London, 28 March 1945 - authority given as C-J94368 DPC dated 15 October 1947. - Silver Merit Cross with Swords (Poland) - Polish General Staff, London, 28 March 1945 - authority given as C-J94368 DPC dated 15 October 1947. - Deceased on 1 February 1984, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil | RCAFA Awards Database 419 Sqadron Association Accident report Losses and Incidents Database Wiki Biography RCAF Flyers Hockey Team |
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