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Name: J W ROWELL
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1945-01-24
Aircraft: Barracuda MD 804
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 4
Family details: Son of John P and Edith F Rowell of Maidenhead, Berkshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1945-01-24
Aircraft: Barracuda MD 804
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 4
Family details: Son of John P and Edith F Rowell of Maidenhead, Berkshire
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