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Name: J W DRAKE
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-03-29
Aircraft: Barracuda II P 9928
Place of death: Near Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY, Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compaetment D, North Border, Grave 27
Family details: Son of James Edward Ralph Drake and of Vera Fenella Drake (nee Palmer), of Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Pukekoha, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-03-29
Aircraft: Barracuda II P 9928
Place of death: Near Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY, Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compaetment D, North Border, Grave 27
Family details: Son of James Edward Ralph Drake and of Vera Fenella Drake (nee Palmer), of Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Pukekoha, New Zealand
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