The story
Name: W J EALES
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 669238
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1945-03-27
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: STOKE (ST MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD - Warwickshire
Commemoration details: Block D, Row 1, Grave 64
Family details: Son of Edward Stanley and Emma Ellen Eales, of Stoke, Coventry
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 669238
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1945-03-27
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: STOKE (ST MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD - Warwickshire
Commemoration details: Block D, Row 1, Grave 64
Family details: Son of Edward Stanley and Emma Ellen Eales, of Stoke, Coventry
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