The story
Name: H T HAWKEN
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-08-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I K 5953
Place of death: RNAS Crail
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY, Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 8
Family details: Son of Alan Tolmie Hawken and Eileen Mary Hawken, of Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-08-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I K 5953
Place of death: RNAS Crail
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY, Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 8
Family details: Son of Alan Tolmie Hawken and Eileen Mary Hawken, of Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.
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