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Name: R I COSSILL
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-02-10
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane Ib P 3924
Place of death: Dorset
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION, Somerset
Commemoration details: Row C. Grave 1
Family details: Son of Andrew Cossill and of Euphemia Cossill (nee McGill), of Pipiwai, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Whangerei, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-02-10
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane Ib P 3924
Place of death: Dorset
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION, Somerset
Commemoration details: Row C. Grave 1
Family details: Son of Andrew Cossill and of Euphemia Cossill (nee McGill), of Pipiwai, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Whangerei, New Zealand
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