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E A PHILPOTT — Fleet Air Arm

1943-11-11 · Near Carnforth · United Kingdom

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Name: E A PHILPOTT
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 808 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Battler
Date of death: 1943-11-11
Aircraft: Seafire IIc NM 929
Place of death: Near Carnforth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARNOLD CEMETERY - Nottinghamshire
Commemoration details: Class A, Cons, Grave 121
Family details: Son of Henry and Amy Etta Philpott, of Woodthorpe, Nottingham

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