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FERRIER — Fleet Air Arm

1944-05-30 · At sea, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. · United Kingdom

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Name: FERRIER
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1944-05-30
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 657
Place of death: At sea, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5

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