Captain Eric Guy Brookes DFC (1894 – 8 August 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
On 18 June he claimed a Fokker Dr.I set on fire and also an Albatros D.V driven down out of control while over Morcourt.
[1] On 19 July Brookes was promoted to the temporary rank of captain while serving as a flight commander.
[4] He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 1 August, the citation reading: Lieutenant Eric Guy Brookes.
Just after midday on 8 August, Brookes, and Lieutenants Joseph White, George Tod, F. Edsted, C. Tolley, and D. Oxley, forced down two German Fokker D.VII fighters behind the Allied lines at Proyart, where they were captured.