The story
Name: W G HALE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 772 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-02-17
Aircraft: Martinet I
Place of death: Off Iron Rock, South-West Arran.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Frederick and Edith Hale of Wallasey, Cheshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 772 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-02-17
Aircraft: Martinet I
Place of death: Off Iron Rock, South-West Arran.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Frederick and Edith Hale of Wallasey, Cheshire
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