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Name: R G PEERS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1944-12-15
Aircraft: Barracuda II MX 691, coded 'K'
Place of death: Beinn nan Coireag, Newport, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) - Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section. B, Grave 220
Family details: Son of George Peers and of Alice Peers (nee Lightoller), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1944-12-15
Aircraft: Barracuda II MX 691, coded 'K'
Place of death: Beinn nan Coireag, Newport, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) - Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section. B, Grave 220
Family details: Son of George Peers and of Alice Peers (nee Lightoller), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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