Carl Robert Woolley
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Carl Robert Woolley was the son of Frank Ernest and Minnie Woolley, and the brother of Marion, Frederick Ernest and Philip Lancaster Woolley. In 1921, they lived at 268, Woodborough Road, Nottingham. In 1940, Carl Woolley and Lilian Mary Jackson were married in Wales.
NOTTINGHAM SOUTHERN CEMETERY Sec. O.24. Grave 9.
Carl Robert Woolley was the navigator aboard Halifax II W7933 which took off 1654 11 Dec 1942 from Pocklington. It crashed and burst into flames at Lowthwaite Farm Hawnby 9 miles NE of Sowerby Yorkshire. Also lost in the crash were:
Gerald John Morgan (Captain/Pilot), William Harry Casson (Wieless/Operator), Richard Leslie Lines (Flight Engineer), Basil Norris (Bomb Aimer), John Allen McPhee (Air Gunner), Frank Allen (Air Gunner).
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Carl Robert Woolley's grave at Nottingham Southern Cemetery (Wilford Hill).
Photo: David Nunn