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A N EATON — Fleet Air Arm

1943-07-14 · At sea, Firth of Forth

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Name: A N EATON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-07-14
Aircraft: Barracuda II P 9728
Place of death: At sea, Firth of Forth
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY, Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 31
Family details: Son of Charles Stoughton Eaton and Cora Eaton, of Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand.

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