Birth Date: 1925 (age 19)
Edward Charles & Beatrice Maud Gazley
Home: Romford, England (parents)
Marshal | |
Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
Air Marshal | A/M |
Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
Air Commodore | A/C |
Group Captain | G/C |
Wing Commander | W/C |
Squadron Leader | S/L |
Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
Flying Officer | F/O |
Pilot Officer | P/O |
Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
Flight Sergeant | FS |
Sergeant | SGT |
Corporal | CPL |
Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
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.