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About William Vale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vale
William "Cherry" Vale, DFC & Bar, AFC (3 June 1914 – 29 November 1981) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He was credited with 30 enemy aircraft shot down, shared in the destruction of three others, and claimed 6 damaged and another two shared damaged. His 20 kills achieved while flying the Hawker Hurricane and his 10 with the Gloster Gladiator made him the second highest scoring Hurricane and biplane pilot in the RAF, in both cases after Marmaduke Pattle.
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William Vale's Timeline
| 1914 |
June 3, 1914
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Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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| 1981 |
November 29, 1981
Age 67
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Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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