The story
Name: G L HOOPER
Rank: Machinist
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: USN
Squadron: 749 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-02-24
Aircraft: Goose FP 478
Place of death: Piarco, Trinidad
Circumstances: KILLED
Rank: Machinist
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: USN
Squadron: 749 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-02-24
Aircraft: Goose FP 478
Place of death: Piarco, Trinidad
Circumstances: KILLED
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