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R CHARNLEY — Fleet Air Arm

1946-01-11 · ? · United Kingdom

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Name: R CHARNLEY
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 738 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1946-01-11
Aircraft: - -
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WOODPLUMPTON (ST ANNE) CHURCHYARD - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Grave 493
Family details: Son of Fred Charnley, and of Jane Charnley, of Frenchwood, Preston

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