Sgt. Hale was serving with 158 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Halifax II W7777 NP-O which took off from East Moor on a mission to Saarbrucken. The aircraft went out of control near the target. 5 crew were killed, two others were taken prisoner.
RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1942 W.R. Chorley. Midland Counties, 1994. ISBN 0 904597 89 X
He is remembered at Wallsend on W7.38
