Hall, E L

Name on memorial: Hall, E L
Memorial panel: Centre
Full name: Eric Lindon Hall
Rank: Pilot Officer (Obs)
Service details: 126968, 209 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 08/09/1942
Birth place: Kings Norton
Parents: Austin Charlie & Florence M Hall
Mother's maiden name: Brockbank
Parents' marriage details: Kings Norton Jun-12
Wife: unknown
Wife's maiden name: unknown
Marriage details: unknown
Cemetery: DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Additional information:
08/09/1942, 209 Sqdn, Catalina IIa, VA713, Coded L for Leather, Op: Anti-sub patrol, Took off RAF Pamanzi at 04:20 hrs.
Took off normally but crashed in the dark just after the last flare. Sgt White, Sgt Broomfield, Sgt Davies, F/O Rich and P/O Hall all rest in Antsiranana War Cemetery, Madagascar, while the remaining crewmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
F/L J R Wyllie RNZAF, P/O F W Henderson RCAF, F/O K J Rich, P/O E L Hall, Sgt D P Broomfield, Sgt A S White, Sgt H Shepherd, Sgt R N Lamond, Sgt L S Davies, Sgt D Abberley all killed.
Research suggests Eric Lindon Hall attended Banbury School
Both his parents died in Banbury.

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