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Name: O M CAIRNS
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 730 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Monck
Date of death: 1944-05-29
Aircraft: Reliant FK 943
Place of death: South of Inverfarig Aig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: INVERNESS (TOMNAHURICH) CEMETERY - Invernesshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section H 14, Class 7, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Thomas and Katherine Cairns, of Partington, Urmston, Lancashire
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 730 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Monck
Date of death: 1944-05-29
Aircraft: Reliant FK 943
Place of death: South of Inverfarig Aig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: INVERNESS (TOMNAHURICH) CEMETERY - Invernesshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section H 14, Class 7, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Thomas and Katherine Cairns, of Partington, Urmston, Lancashire
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