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R N McBRIDE — Fleet Air Arm

1943-11-17 · River Clyde, near Greenock · New Zealand

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Name: R N McBRIDE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 772 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Argus
Date of death: 1943-11-17
Aircraft: Martinet TT.I MS 705
Place of death: River Clyde, near Greenock
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Robert John Smith and May Wood McBride, of Lane Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Native of Dunedin, New Zealand

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