Service Details
Name:
 HOOEY
Given Name:
 GRATTAN CHESNEY
Initials:
 G C
Service No:
 103846V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-15
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836
Additional
Information:
Son of Samuel and Adela Sarah Hooey, of 201 Joubert Street, Volksrust, Transvaal.
Commemoration
Country:
 Poland
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Cemetery:
 KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 1. E. 3-7.

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