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Name: J MURPHY
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 855 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1944-07-23
Aircraft: Avenger JZ 550, coded '5R' ?
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of James and Jane Murphy of Workington, Cumberland
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 855 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1944-07-23
Aircraft: Avenger JZ 550, coded '5R' ?
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of James and Jane Murphy of Workington, Cumberland
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