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Name: R T J THWAITES
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 852 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nabob
Date of death: 1944-05-28
Aircraft: Avenger FN 867
Place of death: Carradale, Mull of Kintyre, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 989
Family details: Son of Frank and Winifred Thwaites, of Gillingham; husband of Audrey Kathleen Thwaites, of Rochester
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 852 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nabob
Date of death: 1944-05-28
Aircraft: Avenger FN 867
Place of death: Carradale, Mull of Kintyre, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 989
Family details: Son of Frank and Winifred Thwaites, of Gillingham; husband of Audrey Kathleen Thwaites, of Rochester
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