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J H BARNES — Fleet Air Arm

1940-07-30 · Near North Coates, Scotland · United Kingdom

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Name: J H BARNES
Rank: Lieutenant
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 L 2759
Place of death: Near North Coates, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CHERTSEY (ST. STEPHEN'S) CHURCH BURIAL GROUND, Surrey
Commemoration details: Plot F, Grave 528
Family details: Son of Lionel Hickman Barnes and Eva Winifred Barnes of Chertsey, Surrey; husband of Mita Barnes, L.R.C.P., M R C S

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