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Name: J R HOBDAY
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: No.9 (Pilot's) Advanced Flying Unit
Ship/station: H.M.S. Macaw
Date of death: 1944-03-30
Aircraft: Master S/Lt(A) John Roland Hobday RNVR was killed whilst undergoing training with the RAF. On 30Mar 1944 he was flying Miles Magister T8559 from RAF Perth. The aircraft was abandoned after icing up during night flying aand crashed in the River Tay near Newburgh. S/Lt Hobday's body was recovered from the river on 11 My 1944.
Place of death: River Tay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MURIE CEMETERY - Perthshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 368
Family details: Son of Harold Roland and Joan Pease Hobday, of Moseley, Birmingham
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: No.9 (Pilot's) Advanced Flying Unit
Ship/station: H.M.S. Macaw
Date of death: 1944-03-30
Aircraft: Master S/Lt(A) John Roland Hobday RNVR was killed whilst undergoing training with the RAF. On 30Mar 1944 he was flying Miles Magister T8559 from RAF Perth. The aircraft was abandoned after icing up during night flying aand crashed in the River Tay near Newburgh. S/Lt Hobday's body was recovered from the river on 11 My 1944.
Place of death: River Tay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MURIE CEMETERY - Perthshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 368
Family details: Son of Harold Roland and Joan Pease Hobday, of Moseley, Birmingham
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