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Military service
Service number:
J/10281
Age:
25
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
November 10, 1918
Grand Falls, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
April 25, 1941
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
April 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. C. 1.
Additional information
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.
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From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.<p> Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:<br> F/L Hedley Goodyear, age 25, was killed when Lancaster LM 476, of No.61 Squadron, was shot down at Lugde, Westphalia, Germany, during a night raid on Brunswick. F/L Goodyear had previously cheated the Reaper when his Manchester bomber crashed at Metheringham, Lincolnshire, during a severe snowstorm. Originally buried at Lugde, his remains were later re-buried in the Limmer British Cemetery, Hanover, Germany. -
Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Charles Cormick Goodyear
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 164 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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