The story
Name: R J HALE
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: C/JX 240811
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 774 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1942-01-13
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4201, coded 'S6G' ?
Place of death: Padstow
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ISLINGTON CEMETERY - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Section L, Block 10, Grave 20080P
Family details: Son of Reuben Edward and Gertrude Hale; husband of Marianna Hale, of Stanmore
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: C/JX 240811
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 774 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1942-01-13
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4201, coded 'S6G' ?
Place of death: Padstow
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ISLINGTON CEMETERY - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Section L, Block 10, Grave 20080P
Family details: Son of Reuben Edward and Gertrude Hale; husband of Marianna Hale, of Stanmore
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