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W H KIRKPATRICK — Fleet Air Arm

1943-09-07 · Piarco, Trinidad. · Trinidad and Tobago

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Name: W H KIRKPATRICK
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1943-09-07
Aircraft: Reliant
Place of death: Piarco, Trinidad.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 75
Family details: Son of Henry and Florence Kirkpatrick, of Gidea Park, London

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