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Name: D H OXBY
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 769 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-08-29
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Blackhead Moss, near Enagh Lough, Waterside, Londonderry
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY - County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: North West Extension
Family details: Son of Frederick William and Dorothy Oxby
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 769 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-08-29
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Blackhead Moss, near Enagh Lough, Waterside, Londonderry
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY - County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: North West Extension
Family details: Son of Frederick William and Dorothy Oxby
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