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Name: R S PATON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 776 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Blackcap, Stretton
Date of death: 1944-10-27
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane IIc NF726
Place of death: Douglas Head, Isle of Man
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ANDREAS (ST ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, ISLE of MAN - Isle of Man
Commemoration details: Service Plot, Grave 21
Family details: Son of William and Jane Shaw Paton, of Glasgow
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 776 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Blackcap, Stretton
Date of death: 1944-10-27
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane IIc NF726
Place of death: Douglas Head, Isle of Man
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ANDREAS (ST ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, ISLE of MAN - Isle of Man
Commemoration details: Service Plot, Grave 21
Family details: Son of William and Jane Shaw Paton, of Glasgow
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