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B V WATLING — Fleet Air Arm

1946-12-10 · At sea · United Kingdom

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Name: B V WATLING
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1946-12-10
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CHELMSFORD (WRITTLE ROAD) CEMETERY - Essex
Commemoration details: Grave 3696
Family details: Son of David Sydney Victor and Beatrice Watling, of Chelmsford

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