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A E DYER — Fleet Air Arm

1940-12-13 · Tripoli, Libya · Libya

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Name: A E DYER
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1940-12-13
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8866, coded 'Q'
Place of death: Tripoli, Libya
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY (Hammangi)
Commemoration details: Plot 7, Row H, Grave 22
Family details: Son of Edgar Percy and Edith Emily Dyer, of Southgate, Middlesex

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