Parents:--- Ernest Godfrey Hailey and Jane "Jean" Wood married 18th August 1919 at 1 Knowe Terrace, Hillend Road, Lambhill.
~~~~~~Flying Officer Keith Ian HAILEY, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 419467
Home Town:--- Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Civil employment:--- State Electricity Commission, Clerk
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 17th January 1941, Kew, Victoria.
Final Rank:---- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Died,air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 5, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:--- International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Kew, Victoria
Remembered:--- Panel 110, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor.... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith Ian Hailey, Son of Ernest Godfrey Hailey and Jean Hailey, of North Balwyn, Victoria, Australia. Keith was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
~~~~~~Flying Officer Keith Ian HAILEY, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 419467
Home Town:--- Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Civil employment:--- State Electricity Commission, Clerk
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 17th January 1941, Kew, Victoria.
Final Rank:---- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Died,air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 5, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:--- International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Kew, Victoria
Remembered:--- Panel 110, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor.... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith Ian Hailey, Son of Ernest Godfrey Hailey and Jean Hailey, of North Balwyn, Victoria, Australia. Keith was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
Parents:--- Ernest Godfrey Hailey and Jane "Jean" Wood married 18th August 1919 at 1 Knowe Terrace, Hillend Road, Lambhill.
~~~~~~Flying Officer Keith Ian HAILEY, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 419467
Home Town:--- Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Civil employment:--- State Electricity Commission, Clerk
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 17th January 1941, Kew, Victoria.
Final Rank:---- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Died,air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 5, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:--- International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Kew, Victoria
Remembered:--- Panel 110, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor.... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith Ian Hailey, Son of Ernest Godfrey Hailey and Jean Hailey, of North Balwyn, Victoria, Australia. Keith was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
~~~~~~Flying Officer Keith Ian HAILEY, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two.~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 419467
Home Town:--- Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Civil employment:--- State Electricity Commission, Clerk
Enlisted in RAAF:--- 17th January 1941, Kew, Victoria.
Final Rank:---- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 467 Squadron (RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Fate:--- Died,air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 5, Gelderland, Netherlands
Memorials:--- International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
Roll of Honour:--- Kew, Victoria
Remembered:--- Panel 110, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor.... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith Ian Hailey, Son of Ernest Godfrey Hailey and Jean Hailey, of North Balwyn, Victoria, Australia. Keith was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
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