The story
Name: R CARPMAEL
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: R.A.F. North Coates
Date of death: 1940-05-24
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8380, possibly coded 'G3R'
Place of death: Calais-Gravelines road, France
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: OYE-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais
Commemoration details: Row 1. Grave 13
Family details: Husband of Edna May Carpmael, of Southbourne, Hampshire.
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: R.A.F. North Coates
Date of death: 1940-05-24
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8380, possibly coded 'G3R'
Place of death: Calais-Gravelines road, France
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: OYE-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais
Commemoration details: Row 1. Grave 13
Family details: Husband of Edna May Carpmael, of Southbourne, Hampshire.
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