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Gazely, Edward Frank (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-October-10

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Birth Date: 1925 (age 19)

Edward Charles & Beatrice Maud Gazley

Home: Romford, England (parents)

Service
RAF
Unit
1667 HCU- Heavy Conversion Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Sandtoft
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
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.

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