Goodyear, Hedley Charles Cornick (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1944-April-23

Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear RCAF

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of Roland C. and Florence Goodyear, of Gander, Newfoundland. He is also commemorated on page 318 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Spouse:

Home: Sydney, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/10281

Home
Google MapSydney, Nova Scotia
Temporary Burial
Google MapLugde

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
4 C 1
61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes). Lancaster aircraft LM 476 was shot down at Lugde, Westphalia, Germany during a night trip to Brunswick, Germany. Pilot Officer P.H.P. Hollander (RAF), F/S(s) H. Aspinall (RAF), R.V.G. George (RAF), Sergeant B. Kenrick D.F.M. (RAF), and Flying Officer J.H. Pullman (RAF) were also killed. Flight Lieutenant Goodyear had been slightly injured on January 1, 1943 when his Conversion Unit Manchester aircraft encountered a severe snowstorm with icing conditions and crashed at Highfield Farm, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, England. Addendum: Flight Lieutenant Goodyear was from Sydney, Nova Scotia, not Gander, Newfoundland. Detail provided by D.A. Stallard, Trenton, Nova Scotia.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)