LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Irvine Scott Owen GAZE
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 60097 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 610 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 610 Squadron Spitfire aircraft P7685), Sussex, 23 March 1941, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Portfield (All Saints) Churchyard, Sussex
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Squadron Leader Irvine Owen Gaze RAAF and Freda Gaze of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Son of Squadron Leader Irvine Owen Gaze (250865) (Discharged: 15 December 1944) and younger brother of Squadron Leader Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & 2 Bars (RAF)
On 23 March 1941, Pilot Officer Gaze was killed in an accident in Spitfire P7685.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
RAF Commands website