Pilot Officer, RAF
Born: August 20th 1918
Died: June 14th 1940

Age at Death: 21

Killed in action, June 14th 1940

Alfred Richard Gulley was born on 20 August 1918, to Alfred Gulley and his wife Violet (née Scott), of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.

A bright boy, Gulley was awarded a Hampden Exhibition Scholarship on joining the College.

After leaving school he entered RAF College Cranwell, passing in 1938. Gulley was posted to France a few days before Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939. A Pilot Officer in 150 Squadron flying the Fairey Battle bomber, Gulley was based first at Challerange, then at Ecury-sur-Coole.

In June 1940 he was sent with his crew on a mission to attack German-occupied roads in the Vernon Poix region of France. His plane was shot down near Aigleville and destroyed by fire when Gulley attempted a crash landing.

Gulley is buried in Aigleville Churchyard. On 8 May 2023, a ceremony took place in Aigleville, where a new street was named after Gulley. This street was built very close to where his plane crashed.

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