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Name: W K CAPELING
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 732 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1944-04-29
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: USA
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL CEMETERY - New Hampshire
Commemoration details: Lot 162
Family details: Son of William Frederick and Jessie Alice Capeling, of Ashford, Kent, England
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 732 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1944-04-29
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: USA
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL CEMETERY - New Hampshire
Commemoration details: Lot 162
Family details: Son of William Frederick and Jessie Alice Capeling, of Ashford, Kent, England
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