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J A B LAWSON — Fleet Air Arm

1946-06-18 · At sea · United Kingdom

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Name: J A B LAWSON
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 837 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glory
Date of death: 1946-06-18
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Sir Digby Lawson Bt JP TD BA and the Hon Lady Lawson of Templecombe, Somerset

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