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HAZAEL, Royal

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Royal Edwin
Surname Hazael
Gender M
Age
Decorations
Date of death 28-04-1944
Next of kin Son of Mary Hazael, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ529
Markings SE-E
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Schoonselhof Cemetery
Grave Reference IVa. D. 34..
Epitaph SLEEP ON, DEAR SON AND TAKE YOUR REST. THEY MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST. MOTHER
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 179
Enlistment information
Service Number J/88609
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Aiano R H (Sgt)
Gabel A L (P/O)
Woodrow W E (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-04-1944
End Date 28-04-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Montzen- to attack railway installations. 144 aircraft, 15 losses (10.4%). Not a particularly successful raid, compounded by very high loss rate. Only one part of the railway yards were hit.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed ESE of Herselt, Belgium