Hugh Hamilton Brookes


Hugh Hamilton Brookes

Brookes in 1953
Born(1904-10-14)14 October 1904
Died16 March 1988(1988-03-16) (aged 83)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Service years1922–1958
RankAir vice-marshal
CommandsNo. 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)
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in dispatches (2)

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