LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Gordon Roy BROOKER
Service No: 407040
Born: Hindmarsh SA, 16 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 April 1940
Unit: No. 139 Squadron (RAF), RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Died: Air Operations (No. 139 Squadron Mosquito aircraft DZ614), Germany, 25 November 1943, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1935 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur John and Ina Brooker, of Seaton Park, South Australia.
Roll of Honour: Adelaide SA
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
Mosquito DZ614 took off from RAF Wyton at 1910 hours on the night of 24/25th November 1943, detailed to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire at 20,000 feet and crashed at Borkheide, 8 kms north east of Bruck.
The crew members of DZ614 were:
Flight Lieutenant A R Read (82711) (RAFVR) (Pilot) PoW
Flying Officer Gordon Roy Brooker (407040) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/340