The story
Name: H PETERSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 896 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Empress
Date of death: 1945-07-16
Aircraft: Hellcat
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row B, Grave 1
Family details: Son of Harry and Bridget Peterson, of Blackpool, Lancashire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 896 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Empress
Date of death: 1945-07-16
Aircraft: Hellcat
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row B, Grave 1
Family details: Son of Harry and Bridget Peterson, of Blackpool, Lancashire
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