The story
Name: H K SLATER
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1944-06-24
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1891, coded 'D'
Place of death: Firth of Clyde
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of James Henry and Gertrude Sybil Slater of Monton, Eccles, Lancashire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1944-06-24
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1891, coded 'D'
Place of death: Firth of Clyde
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of James Henry and Gertrude Sybil Slater of Monton, Eccles, Lancashire
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