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Name: J H FORMBY
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 774 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1941-05-30
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2799, coded 'S6A'
Place of death: Trebarwith Valley, near Tintagel, Cornwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ST MERRYN CHURCHYARD - Cornwall
Commemoration details: Grave 3
Family details: Son of Hesketh and Gwladys Formby, of Portsmouth
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 774 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1941-05-30
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2799, coded 'S6A'
Place of death: Trebarwith Valley, near Tintagel, Cornwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ST MERRYN CHURCHYARD - Cornwall
Commemoration details: Grave 3
Family details: Son of Hesketh and Gwladys Formby, of Portsmouth
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