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Name: J GAILLARD
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-07-30
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4161
Place of death: Near North Coates, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NORTH COTES (ST NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD - Lincolnshire
Commemoration details: Grave 9
Family details: Son of Frank and Matilda Gaillard, of Banstead, Surrey. A.M.I.Mech.E.
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-07-30
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4161
Place of death: Near North Coates, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NORTH COTES (ST NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD - Lincolnshire
Commemoration details: Grave 9
Family details: Son of Frank and Matilda Gaillard, of Banstead, Surrey. A.M.I.Mech.E.
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