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D A HOWDEN — Fleet Air Arm

1942-03-13 · Scapa Flow · New Zealand

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Name: D A HOWDEN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1942-03-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5923, coded 'C'
Place of death: Scapa Flow
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of David and Rose Howden, of Wanganui, New Zealand. Native of Hawera, New Zealand

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