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R F MOORE — Fleet Air Arm

1944-12-08 · At sea · United Kingdom

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Name: R F MOORE
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 582207
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 878
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of James Frank and Alice Elizabeth Moore of Barkingside, Essex. Native of Ilford, Essex

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