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O B NORWOOD — Fleet Air Arm

1945-08-08 · ? · United Kingdom

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Name: O B NORWOOD
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 892 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nighthawk, Drem
Date of death: 1945-08-08
Aircraft: Hellcat
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DIRLETON CEMETERY - East Lothian, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section E, Grave 14
Family details: Son of Harold Owen Norwood and Harriett Norwood; husband of Helen Mary Norwood, of Clifton, Warwickshire

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