The story
Name: E H HOOPER
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Official number: 656741
Role: Pilot under training
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 774 Squadron, St Merryn
Date of death: 1942-01-13
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4201, coded 'S6G'
Place of death: At sea, North of Boscastle, Cornwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Newquay (Fairpark) Cemetery, Cornwall
Commemoration details: Nonconformist plot, Uncons, Grave 2170
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Official number: 656741
Role: Pilot under training
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 774 Squadron, St Merryn
Date of death: 1942-01-13
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4201, coded 'S6G'
Place of death: At sea, North of Boscastle, Cornwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Newquay (Fairpark) Cemetery, Cornwall
Commemoration details: Nonconformist plot, Uncons, Grave 2170
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