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Military service
Service number:
J/88609
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 18, 1922
Kingsville, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 18, 1942
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
April 28, 1944
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. D. 34.
Additional information
Son of Mary and Edwin Hazael, of Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
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Halifax Bomber
Friday the 13th - Halifax Bomber, 158 Sqn., RAF similar to that of which Roy Hazael was a tail gunner on in 431 (Iroquois) Sqn. RCAF. -
Photo of Roy Hazael
On 28 April 1944, the Halifax Bomber that Roy Hazael was a tail gunner in, was taking part in a raid of 144 bombers on the marshalling yards of Montzen, an important railway installation not far from the German border in Belgium. The bombers were jumped and Hazael's Halifax was set on fire. Although four crew members were able to jump free(Les Anderson, Wes Knowlton, John Ling and Don Harrison), the other four crew members - William (Bill) Woodrow, Roy Hazael, Alabert Gabel, and Robert Aiano were killed in the crash.<br> <i>Photo and Information credit: Airforce magazine, Vol. 23, No.2, Summer 1999.</i> -
Crew members
Five members of Roy Hazael's original Wellington Bomber crew (before converting to Halifax Bombers. (L to R) Roy Hazael, Les Anderson, Bill Woodrow, John Lyng and Wel Knowlton. Hazael and Woodrow were killed in the crash of their Halifax on 28 April, 1944.<br> <i>Photo and Information credit: Airforce magazine, Vol. 23, No.2, Summer 1999.</i> -
Wellington Bomber
Wellington Bomber similar to that which Roy Hazael was a tail gunner on before conversion to Halifax Bombers. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ROYAL EDWIN HAZAEL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROYAL EDWIN HAZAEL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Royal Edwin Hazael
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 331 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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