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Name: W J COWARD
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-04-18
Aircraft: Albacore X 9277
Place of death: Stokes Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY - Durham
Commemoration details: Ward 35, Section CC, Grave 895
Family details: Son of William Henry and Beatrice Coward, of Sunderland
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-04-18
Aircraft: Albacore X 9277
Place of death: Stokes Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY - Durham
Commemoration details: Ward 35, Section CC, Grave 895
Family details: Son of William Henry and Beatrice Coward, of Sunderland
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