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Name: E J HOY
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: 67572
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: SANF (V)
Squadron: 892 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-04-10
Aircraft: Hellcat II
Place of death: NAS Belfast
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BELFAST CITY CEMETERY, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Commemoration details: Glenalina Extn., Section D, Grave 103
Family details: Son of Alfred E. Hoy, and of Catherina M. Hoy, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: 67572
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: SANF (V)
Squadron: 892 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-04-10
Aircraft: Hellcat II
Place of death: NAS Belfast
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BELFAST CITY CEMETERY, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Commemoration details: Glenalina Extn., Section D, Grave 103
Family details: Son of Alfred E. Hoy, and of Catherina M. Hoy, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
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