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R E HEYBURN — Fleet Air Arm

1939-09-20 · Netheravon · United Kingdom

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Name: R E HEYBURN
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: P/JX 136953
Role: Pilot under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: No.1 Service Flying Training School, Netheravon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Pembroke I
Date of death: 1939-09-20
Place of death: Netheravon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NETHERAVON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD - Wiltshire
Family details: Son of Thomas Albert and Mary Ann Heyburn, of Blackheath, London. Native of Greenwich

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