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Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer

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Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer

Birth
Ingersoll, Oxford County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
5 Jan 1942 (aged 22)
England
Burial
Barmby Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Plot
Row F. Grave 3.
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Flight Sergeant
Service No: R/18039A
Air Gnr.
Royal Canadian Air Force
405 Sqdn.
Son of John E. Gayfer and Eva M. Gayfer, of Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada.
Age 22
He died when Wellington aircraft #W 5589 attempted a forced landing with one engine on fire and crashed at the Strenshall Military Camp, Strenshall, England. Flight Sergeants S. Wityck and W.A. Robertson, and Flight Sergeant Osborne Bayfield Le Furgey were also killed.
Commemorated on page 75 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Flight Sergeant
Service No: R/18039A
Air Gnr.
Royal Canadian Air Force
405 Sqdn.
Son of John E. Gayfer and Eva M. Gayfer, of Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada.
Age 22
He died when Wellington aircraft #W 5589 attempted a forced landing with one engine on fire and crashed at the Strenshall Military Camp, Strenshall, England. Flight Sergeants S. Wityck and W.A. Robertson, and Flight Sergeant Osborne Bayfield Le Furgey were also killed.
Commemorated on page 75 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

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  • Maintained by: JimF23
  • Originally Created by: Margaret Rose
  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117240515/john_burton-gayfer: accessed ), memorial page for Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer (9 Dec 1919–5 Jan 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117240515, citing St Catherine Churchyard, Barmby Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; Maintained by JimF23 (contributor 50642986).