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Name: R R W TRAFFORD
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 781 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-01-18
Aircraft: Fulmar X 8812
Place of death: Tanners Hill, Dartmoor, West of Okehampton, Devon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MICHAELCHURCH ESCLEY (ST MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD - Herefordshire
Commemoration details: North of church
Family details: Son of Henry Randolph Trafford, JP and Bettina Maud Trafford, of Michaelchurch, Herefordshir
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 781 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-01-18
Aircraft: Fulmar X 8812
Place of death: Tanners Hill, Dartmoor, West of Okehampton, Devon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MICHAELCHURCH ESCLEY (ST MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD - Herefordshire
Commemoration details: North of church
Family details: Son of Henry Randolph Trafford, JP and Bettina Maud Trafford, of Michaelchurch, Herefordshir
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