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Flt.Sgt. Noel Nathaniel Wakely
Royal New Zealand Air Force 196 Squadron
from:Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
(d.17th Sep 1943)
I recently visited my great uncle Noel Wakely's grave in Lisieux in France. I understand the plane he was piloting was shot down or crashed near there and he survived and was looked after by locals in a barn until he passed away. I don't know much more than that, but I do know that he is in a beautiful spot in France, even though he isn't at home in New Zealand.