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J W POWER — Fleet Air Arm

1943-05-27 · Shepton Mallet · United Kingdom

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Name: J W POWER
Rank: Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-05-27
Aircraft: Hurricane
Place of death: Shepton Mallet
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WEYMOUTH CREMATORIUM, Dorset
Family details: Son of Walter Henry Power, and of Annie Elizabeth Power, of Silverton, Transvaal, South Africa

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