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Name: C R SWEETING
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) [Midshipman (A)]
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1835 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1945-02-17
Aircraft: Widgeon FP 457
Place of death: Long Island USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, FARMINGDALE - New York
Commemoration details: Post Section, Grave 25510
Family details: Son of H and Minerva Sweeting, of Hayes, Middlesex
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) [Midshipman (A)]
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1835 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1945-02-17
Aircraft: Widgeon FP 457
Place of death: Long Island USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, FARMINGDALE - New York
Commemoration details: Post Section, Grave 25510
Family details: Son of H and Minerva Sweeting, of Hayes, Middlesex
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