Biography of Roy Sidney Meyers Layfield

Squadron/s: 615 SQN RAF
Rank On Discharge/Death: Warrant Officer (WOFF)
Date of Birth: 06 May 1921
Contributing Author/s: Compiled by Vince Conant
2016
The Spitfire Association

Date of birth: 06 May 1921. Place of birth: Brisbane, QLD. Place of enlistment: Brisbane. Next of Kin: Layfield, Sidney.

Casualty List 10-8-1944 No. 615 Squadron:
- Lost: S/L David William McCORMACK RAAF DFC & Bar (later MiD) Spitfire VIII LV742
- Lost: F/O Wilfred Sidney BOND RCAF
- Lost: F/O Malcolm Turner Wellesley PAIN RAAF Spitfire VIII MD292
- Lost: W/O Alan Lancaster CHAPPELL RAAF Spitfire VIII MD373
- Baled Out: F/O COSTAIN RAF (Broken leg)
- Baled Out: F/O ARMSTRONG RCAF (Dislocated knee cap)
- Baled Out: F P FAHY RNZAF (Twisted knee)
- Force Landed: F/O WATSON RAF (Unhurt)
- Eight other aircraft and pilots landed safely. One of whom was: W/O Roy Sidney Meyers LAYFIELD RAAF - OK. Another was: F/Lt Kevin Francis GANNON RAAF - OK.

Compiled by Vince Conant
2016
The Spitfire Association

Squadron in which Roy served

615 SQN RAF

Photographs

India. C. 1942-12. Group portrait of Australian pilots of No. 615 (Churchill's Own) Squadron RAF. Left to right: Pilot Officer M. T. W. Pain; Warrant Officer (WO) J. E. Payne, WO R. S. M. Layford; Flying Officer M. S. Fullford; Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) G. W. Falconer; the CO, Squadron Leader D. W. McCormack DFC and Bar; Flt Lt K. F. Gannon; WO A. L. Chappell; WO A. L. Whiteman; Flight Sergeant H. B. Chatfield; WO A. A. Payne.

Royal Australian Air Force Training, Non-Operational and Operational Details for LAYFIELD, R.S.M., 414244