The story
Name: R D MOATE
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 96257
Role: Pilot under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: No.14 Secondary Flying Training School, Elmdon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Canada, Halifax / RCAF Dartmouth / RCAF Yarmouth
Date of death: 1944-03-14
Aircraft: Harvard
Place of death: Canada
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: AYLMER CEMETERY - Ontario
Commemoration details: Plot 405, Grave 1
Family details: Son of James Henry and Gladys Annie Moate, of Preston, Paignton, Devon, England
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 96257
Role: Pilot under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: No.14 Secondary Flying Training School, Elmdon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Canada, Halifax / RCAF Dartmouth / RCAF Yarmouth
Date of death: 1944-03-14
Aircraft: Harvard
Place of death: Canada
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: AYLMER CEMETERY - Ontario
Commemoration details: Plot 405, Grave 1
Family details: Son of James Henry and Gladys Annie Moate, of Preston, Paignton, Devon, England
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