The story
Name: O F WHEATLEY
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 808 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ameer
Date of death: 1945-06-20
Aircraft: Hellcat JW 868
Place of death: Sumatra
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row F, Grave 5
Family details: Son of Oscar and Dora Wheatley; husband of Hilda Rose Wheatley, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 808 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ameer
Date of death: 1945-06-20
Aircraft: Hellcat JW 868
Place of death: Sumatra
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row F, Grave 5
Family details: Son of Oscar and Dora Wheatley; husband of Hilda Rose Wheatley, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire
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