Gazely, Edward Frank (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-October-10

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Birth Date: 1925

Born:

Parents: Edward Charles & Beatrice Maud Gazley

Spouse:

Home: Romford, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

1667 HCU- Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Sandtoft

Rank

Sergeant

Position

F.Eng.

Service Numbers

1894914

Also known as Crow Lane Cemetery, Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England .

Halifax LL-501 was returning from a night cross-country exercise when the crew mistook a bombing range for an airfield.

The aircraft went out of control at a low altitude, hit a river bank at a narrow angle and sank at the mouth of the River Trent, England, where it joins the Humber Estuary.

Killed includes Gazely: Flying Officer Laurence Emmett Cameron RCAF J/39328 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery, England. Sergeant Clifford Barton Greer RCAF R/209340 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Yorkshire Sec. G. Row B. Grave 15. Sergeant Horace Roger Latham RCAF K/268113 KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 255. Sergeant Eric George Woodward RAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 241.