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Name: R T DINSDALE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 640
Place of death: At sea, East of RAF Leuchars
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Son of the Revd Arthur Douglas Dinsdale and Mary Eda Dinsdale of Folke Rectory, Sherborne, Dorset
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 640
Place of death: At sea, East of RAF Leuchars
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Son of the Revd Arthur Douglas Dinsdale and Mary Eda Dinsdale of Folke Rectory, Sherborne, Dorset
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