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Name: J R KNIGHT
Rank: Sub Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 804 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1947-02-03
Aircraft: Seafire PR 432
Place of death: Hill of Stake, Southern Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WHYTELEAFE (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD, Surrey
Commemoration details: Row N. Grave 6
Family details: Son of Edgar Charles and Hester Sophia Knight, of Caterham, Surrey
Rank: Sub Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 804 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1947-02-03
Aircraft: Seafire PR 432
Place of death: Hill of Stake, Southern Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WHYTELEAFE (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD, Surrey
Commemoration details: Row N. Grave 6
Family details: Son of Edgar Charles and Hester Sophia Knight, of Caterham, Surrey
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