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Name: W J BOAL
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 755 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1942-02-24
Aircraft: Shark II K 5608
Place of death: Near Worthy Down, Winchester
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DRAPERSTOWN (ST COLUMBA) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCH - County Londonderry, Ireland
Family details: Son of Robert and Jane Boal; husband of Sarah Margaret Boal, of Tobermore
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 755 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1942-02-24
Aircraft: Shark II K 5608
Place of death: Near Worthy Down, Winchester
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DRAPERSTOWN (ST COLUMBA) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCH - County Londonderry, Ireland
Family details: Son of Robert and Jane Boal; husband of Sarah Margaret Boal, of Tobermore
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