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Name: H HORROCKS
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-03-25
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 756
Place of death: North West of Crail
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 43
Family details: Son of Harry and Margaret Hymer Horrocks, of Marton, Blackpool
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-03-25
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 756
Place of death: North West of Crail
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 43
Family details: Son of Harry and Margaret Hymer Horrocks, of Marton, Blackpool
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