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Name: R D WEST
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1943-12-09
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea, Shetland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LERWICK NEW CEMETERY - Zetland (Shetland), Scotland
Commemoration details: Terrace 11, Grave 21
Family details: Son of William H West and Ann West; husband of Stella D West, of Kentish Town, London
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1943-12-09
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea, Shetland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LERWICK NEW CEMETERY - Zetland (Shetland), Scotland
Commemoration details: Terrace 11, Grave 21
Family details: Son of William H West and Ann West; husband of Stella D West, of Kentish Town, London
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