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Sgt. Ronald Frank Brooks
Royal Air Force 210 Squadron
(d.23rd May 1941)
My wife's great uncle, Ronald Frank Brooks, was aged 19 on 23rd May 1941 when he was reported missing in action whilst on a Catalina flight out of Gibraltar. It was last seen by the crew of a Short Sunderland flying boat at 20:30, 25 miles south of the Cape of St Mary. No contact was made after that sighting. The fate of the Catalina was never received. His mother received a letter on May 30th reporting that he was missing.
Editor's Note:- Sergeant Brooks was the son of Frederick John and Lily Mabel Brooks, of Dunkerton, Somerset. He is commemorated on the Combe Down War Memorial, Bath, as well as on the main Bath Memorial. He is also commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.