The story
Name: W BLACK
Rank: Air Fitter (O)
Official number: FX 77318
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-03-22
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Grave 23
Family details: Son of David and Isabella Mason Black, of Forfar, Angus.
Rank: Air Fitter (O)
Official number: FX 77318
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-03-22
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Grave 23
Family details: Son of David and Isabella Mason Black, of Forfar, Angus.
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