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Name: J HIRST
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merganser, Rattray Head / Crimmond
Date of death: 1945-07-14
Aircraft: Barracuda PM 870
Place of death: Col Bheinn, Fearn, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: INGHAMITE CHURCH, WHEATLEY CARR - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 1143
Family details: Son of Harry and Ada Hirst, of Burnley
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merganser, Rattray Head / Crimmond
Date of death: 1945-07-14
Aircraft: Barracuda PM 870
Place of death: Col Bheinn, Fearn, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: INGHAMITE CHURCH, WHEATLEY CARR - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 1143
Family details: Son of Harry and Ada Hirst, of Burnley
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