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Name: R S HAMLET
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 744
Place of death: At sea, Skipness Bombing Range, Kilbrannan Sound, Kintyre, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ERBISTOCK (ST HILARY) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION - Denbighshire, Wales
Commemoration details: North West part, Row 1
Family details: Son of Jesse and Eliza Ellen Hamlet, of Overton Bridge, Flintshire
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 744
Place of death: At sea, Skipness Bombing Range, Kilbrannan Sound, Kintyre, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ERBISTOCK (ST HILARY) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION - Denbighshire, Wales
Commemoration details: North West part, Row 1
Family details: Son of Jesse and Eliza Ellen Hamlet, of Overton Bridge, Flintshire
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