Louis Joseph Norfolk Gumbley

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Charles Norfolk Gumbley, and of Ethel Mary Gumbley (nee Cooksley), of Wanganui.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Harvard trainer crashed into trees whilst flying low. The Pilot was Plt. Off. Louis Gumbley and Cpl Eric Bell was a passenger. Bell had recently transferred from the Army and was engaged on airfield defence while undergoing flight training. Although Bell’s headstone states” night flying” the accident happened during summertime at around 8pm. [source: For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol2 p 56]

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Casualty

Service Number:

421704

Name:

Louis Joseph Norfolk Gumbley

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

27 January 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wanganui (Aramoho) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Q. 2. 56.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand