Son of John Donovan Goozee and Mary Ann Goozee, of Kingsbury; husband of Doris May Goozee, of Kenton, Harrow.
Information is from http://www.lancastered627.shaunmcguire.co.uk/ed583.htm
"On 4th October 1943 the crew of Lancaster ED583 boarded their aircraft at RAF Waltham (Grimsby) for a test flight of the aircraft to check out the starboard outer engine and to gain as much height as possible under the conditions.
They took off from RAF Waltham at 12.05hrs and at about 12.50hrs it is reported that witnesses saw the aircraft in pieces falling through the clouds and the main airframe falling onto the village of North Thoresby. Parts of the aircraft were scattered for a distance of seven miles.
The crew consisted of three pilots, a navigator, two flight engineers and four members of another new crew.
Eight of the ten crew members were:
Flt/Officer T-190798 Thomas Morgan, USAAC. The pilot & captain of the aircraft.
[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial,Cambridgeshire, England]
Flt Sgt John Thomas Goozee, , co-pilot
[Islington Cemetery & Crematorium, London]
Sgt Ralph Frederick Worsey, pilot
[Woolwich Cemetery, London]
Sgt Walter Edward Giles,, Flight Engineer
[Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire]
Sgt Charles Alexander Green,, Flight Engineer
[Hull Eastern Cemetery, Kingston-upon-Hull]
Sgt John Alexander Baker,
Navigator
[Lambeth Tooting Cemetery, London]
Sgt William Frederick Bristow, , WO/Ag
[Camberwell New Cemetery, London]
and
Sgt John Hill Rogers, , WO/Ag
[Holy Ascension Churchyard, Upton, Cheshire]
It appears that the aircraft broke up in mid air and witnesses described seeing bits and pieces of the aircraft falling through the clouds with the main fuselage falling onto the village destroying the Methodist church and the cottages each side by the fire that followed.
Three crew members bodies were found in the wreckage, the other crew members being flung out of the aircraft when it broke up in the air. One body in an American uniform (Thomas Morgan) was found on the main Grimsby to Louth Road at North Thoresby."
Information is from http://www.lancastered627.shaunmcguire.co.uk/ed583.htm
"On 4th October 1943 the crew of Lancaster ED583 boarded their aircraft at RAF Waltham (Grimsby) for a test flight of the aircraft to check out the starboard outer engine and to gain as much height as possible under the conditions.
They took off from RAF Waltham at 12.05hrs and at about 12.50hrs it is reported that witnesses saw the aircraft in pieces falling through the clouds and the main airframe falling onto the village of North Thoresby. Parts of the aircraft were scattered for a distance of seven miles.
The crew consisted of three pilots, a navigator, two flight engineers and four members of another new crew.
Eight of the ten crew members were:
Flt/Officer T-190798 Thomas Morgan, USAAC. The pilot & captain of the aircraft.
[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial,Cambridgeshire, England]
Flt Sgt John Thomas Goozee, , co-pilot
[Islington Cemetery & Crematorium, London]
Sgt Ralph Frederick Worsey, pilot
[Woolwich Cemetery, London]
Sgt Walter Edward Giles,, Flight Engineer
[Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire]
Sgt Charles Alexander Green,, Flight Engineer
[Hull Eastern Cemetery, Kingston-upon-Hull]
Sgt John Alexander Baker,
Navigator
[Lambeth Tooting Cemetery, London]
Sgt William Frederick Bristow, , WO/Ag
[Camberwell New Cemetery, London]
and
Sgt John Hill Rogers, , WO/Ag
[Holy Ascension Churchyard, Upton, Cheshire]
It appears that the aircraft broke up in mid air and witnesses described seeing bits and pieces of the aircraft falling through the clouds with the main fuselage falling onto the village destroying the Methodist church and the cottages each side by the fire that followed.
Three crew members bodies were found in the wreckage, the other crew members being flung out of the aircraft when it broke up in the air. One body in an American uniform (Thomas Morgan) was found on the main Grimsby to Louth Road at North Thoresby."
Son of John Donovan Goozee and Mary Ann Goozee, of Kingsbury; husband of Doris May Goozee, of Kenton, Harrow.
Information is from http://www.lancastered627.shaunmcguire.co.uk/ed583.htm
"On 4th October 1943 the crew of Lancaster ED583 boarded their aircraft at RAF Waltham (Grimsby) for a test flight of the aircraft to check out the starboard outer engine and to gain as much height as possible under the conditions.
They took off from RAF Waltham at 12.05hrs and at about 12.50hrs it is reported that witnesses saw the aircraft in pieces falling through the clouds and the main airframe falling onto the village of North Thoresby. Parts of the aircraft were scattered for a distance of seven miles.
The crew consisted of three pilots, a navigator, two flight engineers and four members of another new crew.
Eight of the ten crew members were:
Flt/Officer T-190798 Thomas Morgan, USAAC. The pilot & captain of the aircraft.
[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial,Cambridgeshire, England]
Flt Sgt John Thomas Goozee, , co-pilot
[Islington Cemetery & Crematorium, London]
Sgt Ralph Frederick Worsey, pilot
[Woolwich Cemetery, London]
Sgt Walter Edward Giles,, Flight Engineer
[Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire]
Sgt Charles Alexander Green,, Flight Engineer
[Hull Eastern Cemetery, Kingston-upon-Hull]
Sgt John Alexander Baker,
Navigator
[Lambeth Tooting Cemetery, London]
Sgt William Frederick Bristow, , WO/Ag
[Camberwell New Cemetery, London]
and
Sgt John Hill Rogers, , WO/Ag
[Holy Ascension Churchyard, Upton, Cheshire]
It appears that the aircraft broke up in mid air and witnesses described seeing bits and pieces of the aircraft falling through the clouds with the main fuselage falling onto the village destroying the Methodist church and the cottages each side by the fire that followed.
Three crew members bodies were found in the wreckage, the other crew members being flung out of the aircraft when it broke up in the air. One body in an American uniform (Thomas Morgan) was found on the main Grimsby to Louth Road at North Thoresby."
Information is from http://www.lancastered627.shaunmcguire.co.uk/ed583.htm
"On 4th October 1943 the crew of Lancaster ED583 boarded their aircraft at RAF Waltham (Grimsby) for a test flight of the aircraft to check out the starboard outer engine and to gain as much height as possible under the conditions.
They took off from RAF Waltham at 12.05hrs and at about 12.50hrs it is reported that witnesses saw the aircraft in pieces falling through the clouds and the main airframe falling onto the village of North Thoresby. Parts of the aircraft were scattered for a distance of seven miles.
The crew consisted of three pilots, a navigator, two flight engineers and four members of another new crew.
Eight of the ten crew members were:
Flt/Officer T-190798 Thomas Morgan, USAAC. The pilot & captain of the aircraft.
[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial,Cambridgeshire, England]
Flt Sgt John Thomas Goozee, , co-pilot
[Islington Cemetery & Crematorium, London]
Sgt Ralph Frederick Worsey, pilot
[Woolwich Cemetery, London]
Sgt Walter Edward Giles,, Flight Engineer
[Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford, Oxfordshire]
Sgt Charles Alexander Green,, Flight Engineer
[Hull Eastern Cemetery, Kingston-upon-Hull]
Sgt John Alexander Baker,
Navigator
[Lambeth Tooting Cemetery, London]
Sgt William Frederick Bristow, , WO/Ag
[Camberwell New Cemetery, London]
and
Sgt John Hill Rogers, , WO/Ag
[Holy Ascension Churchyard, Upton, Cheshire]
It appears that the aircraft broke up in mid air and witnesses described seeing bits and pieces of the aircraft falling through the clouds with the main fuselage falling onto the village destroying the Methodist church and the cottages each side by the fire that followed.
Three crew members bodies were found in the wreckage, the other crew members being flung out of the aircraft when it broke up in the air. One body in an American uniform (Thomas Morgan) was found on the main Grimsby to Louth Road at North Thoresby."
Inscription
The private grave of J. Donovan and M.A. Goozee
In loving memory of
our darling daughter
Kathleen Joan Goozee,
who fell asleep March 17th. 1918,
aged 1 year and 11 months.
Also of our dear son
Pilot W/O John Thomas Goozee R.A.F.
killed with seven comrades while flying,
October 4th. 1943 aged 22 years.
J.D. Goozee,
Dec. 16th. 1977, aged 85 years.
Gravesite Details
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