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Name: E R GEORGE
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: S/FX 2232
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1943-03-07
Aircraft: Swordfish II HS 313, coded 'L'
Place of death: At sea, off Isle of Wight
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Plot E, Row 63, Grave 3
Family details: Son of Frederick C George and Violet A George, of Hayes, Middlesex
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: S/FX 2232
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1943-03-07
Aircraft: Swordfish II HS 313, coded 'L'
Place of death: At sea, off Isle of Wight
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Plot E, Row 63, Grave 3
Family details: Son of Frederick C George and Violet A George, of Hayes, Middlesex
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