The story
Name: G BLACK
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 781 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-11-11
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5847
Place of death: Durham
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: HYLTON (CASTLETOWN) CEMETERY, Durham
Commemoration details: Section D, Row 1, Grave 715
Family details: Son of Walter Thomas Black and Rose Maude Black, of Petone, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 781 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-11-11
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5847
Place of death: Durham
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: HYLTON (CASTLETOWN) CEMETERY, Durham
Commemoration details: Section D, Row 1, Grave 715
Family details: Son of Walter Thomas Black and Rose Maude Black, of Petone, Wellington, New Zealand.
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