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Name: I L R WILSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 838 Squadron dett to RAF Harrowbeer , Devon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II NE 906, coded 'F'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Warwick St. George Ruxton and Merthyr Tydvil Winfred Wilson (nee Lewis), of Auckland City, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 838 Squadron dett to RAF Harrowbeer , Devon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II NE 906, coded 'F'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Warwick St. George Ruxton and Merthyr Tydvil Winfred Wilson (nee Lewis), of Auckland City, New Zealand
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