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Name: W C FARNSWORTH
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 798 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1944-03-19
Aircraft: Beaufighter
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY - Hampshire
Commemoration details: New Ground G, Plot 10, Grave 19
Family details: Son of William Clifford and Florence Lewis Farnsworth, of Port Washington, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.; Husband of Cynthia Earl Farnsworth, of Hempstead, New York
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 798 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1944-03-19
Aircraft: Beaufighter
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY - Hampshire
Commemoration details: New Ground G, Plot 10, Grave 19
Family details: Son of William Clifford and Florence Lewis Farnsworth, of Port Washington, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.; Husband of Cynthia Earl Farnsworth, of Hempstead, New York
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