Horace Kenneth Naylor
Service number
177960
Military unit
1660 HCU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
23 Jul 1944 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Horace Henry and Mary Elizabeth Naylor of Nottingham
Military history
Pilot Officer (Navigator), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 418 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Extra information
Lost in aircraft, De Havilland DH 98, Mosquito FBVI, registration : HR149.
Water seepage between the joints dissolved the glue causing failure of the starboard wing, the aircraft broke up in flight killing both members of the crew.
also killed was : Service number, J/85938, Pilot Officer, William Edward Bowhay who is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery.
Pilot Officer, Naylor is buried in Church (Rock) Cemetery in Nottingham.Grave Reference : St. ndrew's Section.
Grave Number : 12613.
The Personal Inscription reads : "Thy will be done".
Photographs
Photo of Horace Kenneth Naylor
Photograph of Pilot Officer, Horace Kenneth Naylor's headstone in Church (Rock) Cemetery, Nottingham by Gary Crosby on the 6th December 2022.