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Name: D R FURSSE
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) [Midshipman (A)]
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 878
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Henry and Mabel E Fursse of Surbiton, Surrey
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) [Midshipman (A)]
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 878
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Henry and Mabel E Fursse of Surbiton, Surrey
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