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Name: M W WILLIAMS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 1771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1944-05-28
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1906, coded 'F'
Place of death: Holmeswood, Rufford, Lancashire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK, Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section E, Grave 2592
Family details: Son of Daniel Walton Williams and Lilian Jane Cogle Williams, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 1771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1944-05-28
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1906, coded 'F'
Place of death: Holmeswood, Rufford, Lancashire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK, Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section E, Grave 2592
Family details: Son of Daniel Walton Williams and Lilian Jane Cogle Williams, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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