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Squadron Leader William "Cherry" Vale DFC & Bar, AFC (3 June 1914 – 29 November 1981) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) 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 (second in both cases to Marmaduke Pattle) in the RAF.

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  • William Vale
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  • Squadron Leader William "Cherry" Vale DFC & Bar, AFC (3 June 1914 – 29 November 1981) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) 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 (second in both cases to Marmaduke Pattle) in the RAF.
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  • DFC & Bar, AFC
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  • 1931(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1914-06-03(xsd:date)
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  • Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
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  • "Cherry"
Name
  • William Vale
Birth Place
  • Chatham, Kent, England
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death date
  • 1981-11-29(xsd:date)
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  • 150(xsd:integer)
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  • Squadron Leader William "Cherry" Vale DFC & Bar, AFC (3 June 1914 – 29 November 1981) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) 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 (second in both cases to Marmaduke Pattle) in the RAF.
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