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A E BEESTON — Fleet Air Arm

1943-06-01 · ? · United Kingdom

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Name: A E BEESTON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 895 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-06-01
Aircraft: Seafire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Lyndon Arthur and Gertrude Edith Beeston of Bilston, Staffordshire

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