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Name: A M SNAPE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 837 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1945-04-16
Aircraft: Barracuda MX 794
Place of death: Goat Fell, Arran, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Frank and Lucy Snape of Davyhulme, Lancashire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 837 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1945-04-16
Aircraft: Barracuda MX 794
Place of death: Goat Fell, Arran, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Frank and Lucy Snape of Davyhulme, Lancashire
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