The story
Name: V H WAKE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: SA 68426
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: SANF(V)
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1945-03-28
Aircraft: Barracuda ME 121
Place of death: At sea, off Ballura Point, Argyll, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 95, Column 1
Family details: Native of Kalk Bay, South Africa
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: SA 68426
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: SANF(V)
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1945-03-28
Aircraft: Barracuda ME 121
Place of death: At sea, off Ballura Point, Argyll, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 95, Column 1
Family details: Native of Kalk Bay, South Africa
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