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Name: W S APPLEBY
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot Passenger
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 848 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-02-03
Aircraft: Avenger I FN 821, coded '4K'
Place of death: Trum-y-Fawnog, near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: OSWESTRY GENERAL CEMETERY, Shropshire
Commemoration details: Section S, Grave 135
Family details: Son of William Ernest and Mary Ionic Appleby, of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot Passenger
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 848 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-02-03
Aircraft: Avenger I FN 821, coded '4K'
Place of death: Trum-y-Fawnog, near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: OSWESTRY GENERAL CEMETERY, Shropshire
Commemoration details: Section S, Grave 135
Family details: Son of William Ernest and Mary Ionic Appleby, of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
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