William Vale
Military Person
1914 – 1981
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Who was William Vale?
Squadron Leader William "Cherry" Vale DFC & Bar, AFC was a Royal Air Force pilot who, during the Second World War, claimed 30 enemy aircraft shot down and shared in the destruction of three others, and also claiming 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 second high scoring biplane pilot in the RAF.
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- Born
- Jun 3, 1914
Chatham - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Nov 29, 1981
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on July 23, 2013
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