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Name: J J NIXON
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 849 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1944-07-29
Aircraft: Avenger
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BRIGHTON (WOODVALE) BOROUGH CREMATORIUM - Sussex
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of Joseph and Margaret Annie Nixon; husband of Peggy Nixon, of Hove, Sussex. R.S.A. Bronze Medal
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 849 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1944-07-29
Aircraft: Avenger
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BRIGHTON (WOODVALE) BOROUGH CREMATORIUM - Sussex
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of Joseph and Margaret Annie Nixon; husband of Peggy Nixon, of Hove, Sussex. R.S.A. Bronze Medal
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