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R M WILSON — Fleet Air Arm

1942-09-08 · Shiskin, Isle of Arran · United Kingdom

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Name: R M WILSON
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Official number: V 10370
Role: Aircrew
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron, Machrihanish
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-09-08
Aircraft: Albacore L 7109
Place of death: Shiskin, Isle of Arran
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery - Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Division 4, Grave 603
Family details: Son of George Stocks Wilson and Mabel Wilson; husband of Joyce Margaret Wilson, of Plumstead Common, London

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