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Name: R H POULSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-10-10
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5908
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: STE MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE - Seine-Maritime
Commemoration details: Division 67, Row F, Grave 3
Family details: Son of Harry Frederick and Helene Margaret Poulson, of Haslemere, Surrey
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-10-10
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5908
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: STE MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE - Seine-Maritime
Commemoration details: Division 67, Row F, Grave 3
Family details: Son of Harry Frederick and Helene Margaret Poulson, of Haslemere, Surrey
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