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Name: C T SHAW
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 788 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4398
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Shaw of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 788 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4398
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Shaw of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham
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