The story
Name: W R B HILL
Rank: Leading Air Mechanic (E)
Official number: FX 79921
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hannibal
Date of death: 1943-04-30
Aircraft: Albacore T 8259
Place of death: Bone, Algeria, North Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Commemoration details: Plot I, Row F, Grave 1
Family details: Son of William James Hill and Elsie Hill, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire
Rank: Leading Air Mechanic (E)
Official number: FX 79921
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hannibal
Date of death: 1943-04-30
Aircraft: Albacore T 8259
Place of death: Bone, Algeria, North Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Commemoration details: Plot I, Row F, Grave 1
Family details: Son of William James Hill and Elsie Hill, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire
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