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Name: H W WAKELY
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 747 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Urley, Ronaldsway
Date of death: 1945-01-27
Aircraft: Barracuda II LS 954, coded 'R3K
Place of death: Irish Sea, off Isle of Man
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 6
Family details: Son of William Henry and Amy Doris Wakely of Bristol
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 747 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Urley, Ronaldsway
Date of death: 1945-01-27
Aircraft: Barracuda II LS 954, coded 'R3K
Place of death: Irish Sea, off Isle of Man
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 6
Family details: Son of William Henry and Amy Doris Wakely of Bristol
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