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Name: J LEIPER
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: JX /349471
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 898 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Malagas, Wingfield, South Africa
Date of death: 1945-04-18
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Klapnuts, South Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY - Western Cape
Commemoration details: Naval Allotment, Row E, Grave 45
Family details: Son of James and Margaret Leiper, of Aberdeen, Scotland
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: JX /349471
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 898 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Malagas, Wingfield, South Africa
Date of death: 1945-04-18
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Klapnuts, South Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY - Western Cape
Commemoration details: Naval Allotment, Row E, Grave 45
Family details: Son of James and Margaret Leiper, of Aberdeen, Scotland
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