The story
Name: A W D BEALE
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 788 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4371
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Captain Richard George Forfeitt Beale OBE and Dorothy Alison Frances Beale of Norwich
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 788 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4371
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Captain Richard George Forfeitt Beale OBE and Dorothy Alison Frances Beale of Norwich
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