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Name: J D CHITTENDEN
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 889 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Atheling
Date of death: 1944-06-29
Aircraft: Seafire IIc MM 253
Place of death: Indian Ocean
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND
Commemoration details: Panel 8.
Family details: Son of Henry Hector and Wilhelmina Chittenden, of Miramar, Wellington., New Zealand
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 889 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Atheling
Date of death: 1944-06-29
Aircraft: Seafire IIc MM 253
Place of death: Indian Ocean
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND
Commemoration details: Panel 8.
Family details: Son of Henry Hector and Wilhelmina Chittenden, of Miramar, Wellington., New Zealand
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